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Cis and trans compounds are isomers of one another, the difference being in the position of the hydrogen atoms attached to the two carbons forming a double bond in an unsaturated hydrocarbon chain. If the hydrogen atoms in both carbons are on the same side then it causes a kink in the change and is called cis, whereas if the hydrogen atoms are on opposite sides then the chain is straight and is called trans (the convention is to write both these words in italics). So the terms cis or trans tell you the shape of the hydrocarbon chain in a compound.

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