CIP rules (Cahn-Ingold-Prelog 1956)

Layer 2 — Chemistryin the chemical-nomenclature subtree

Cahn-Ingold-Prelog 1956 priority rules for stereo: atomic number, then mass-number, then phantom-atom rule; assigns R/S at chiral centers + E/Z at double bonds.

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