A suggestion for naming faces of ring compounds
- 1 May 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 77 (5) , 2439-2441
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.77.5.2439
Abstract
Discussion of the topology of interaction of ring compounds with macromolecules and receptors requires a system for naming the faces of the cyclic compound. An .alpha./.beta.-face nomenclature is suggested that is based on the clockwise/counterclockwise direction of ascending numbering in the ring with the lowest numbered unshared ring atom. This system is applicable to a very broad range of compounds: sugars, cyclic bases, steroids, cyclitols, porphyrins, ect., and molecules with a single ring, fused rings, encompassing rings and rings formed by head-to-tail polymerization.Keywords
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