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Introduction to General, Organic and Biochemistry

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Chapter20: Carbohydrates

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Neuroprotectin D1 (NPD1) is synthesized in the body from highly unsaturated essential fatty acids. NPD1 is a potent natural anti-inflammatory agent.

a.) Label each carbon–carbon double bond as conjugated or isolated.
b.) Label each double bond as E or Z.
c.) For each conjugated system, label the given conformation as s-cis or s-trans

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E and Z nomenclature is basicaaly assigned to the double bonds.

If the higher priority groups are on same side, this will be named as Z and if the higher priority groups are on the different side, they will be named as E.

E stands for Entegen and Z stands for Zusamen after the name of the scientists.

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