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Menthol chirality explained?
« on: March 02, 2014, 02:55:17 PM »
Hello everybody,

Tomorrow I have a test about molecular structure and I can't seem to understand why (-)-menthol has an RSR configuration. I understand how to determine whether it's R or S (by checking the order of most-important to least-important clockwise or counterclockwise) but I can't find which group is more important over the others. Can anyone help me here?

Thanks in advance,

henkmans

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