today we covered cis and trans isomers.
Remember isomers are organic molecules with the same molecular formula (so the same number of atoms) but a different arrangement in space (so straight chained compared to branched chained etc)
The conditions required for cis trans isomers to form is
1) there must be a double bond
2) the carbon atoms either side of the double bond must have 2 different functional groups/groups of atoms attached.
Remember isomers are organic molecules with the same molecular formula (so the same number of atoms) but a different arrangement in space (so straight chained compared to branched chained etc)
The conditions required for cis trans isomers to form is
1) there must be a double bond
2) the carbon atoms either side of the double bond must have 2 different functional groups/groups of atoms attached.
We use molymods to good effect to help us see the difference.
We then did the correspon