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Cis
Fatty acids in their cis form
According to studies, Cis and Trans potassium dioxalatodiaquachromat differ by the trans potassium form being less soluble than that of Cis, therefore it differs in chemistry relating to the absorption spectrum.
CIS fatty acids are the most common form. They rearrange to form trans fatty acids during the hydrogenation of edible oils.
Because the molecular energy is higher in the 13-cis than 7 & 11-cis.
cis
those are defined by position of double bonds, the possible one,s are cis-cis,cis-trans,trans-trans.
racemization is defined as if we add cis and anti form it give rise to racemic mixture
Cis pacific
In order for rhodopsin to be formed vitamin a must be converted to 11-cis-retinal
Cis molecules have the properties of all substances but of course the values are different for cis and trans.