A stereochemical projection, roughly in the mean plane of the molecule, in which bonds
are represented by open wedges, tapering off from the nearer atom to the farther atom.
It is mainly used to illustrate the
conformation of larger
cycloalkanes e.g. cyclotetradecane:
equivalent to
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2193
(Basic terminology of stereochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996))
on page 2222
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A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
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