Revised Cahn-Ingold-Prelog Rules - 1982
The lower numbered rule precedes the higher.
Rule | Description |
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0 | Nearer end of axis or side of plane precedes farther. Applied to even numbered cumulenes (allenes) and biphenyls with restricted rotation. |
1 | Higher atomic number precedes lower. Br > Cl > O > N > C > H |
2 | Higher atomic mass precedes lower. D > H; 81Br > 79Br |
3 | Seqcis precedes Seqtrans. Z precedes E |
4 | Like pair R,R or S,S precedes unlike pair R,S or S,R; and M,M or P,P precedes M,P or P,M; and R,M or S,P precedes R,P or S,M; and M,R and P,S precedes M,S or P,R; also, r precedes s |
5 | R precedes S; and M precedes P |