transoidadj.
/ˈtrɑːnzɔɪd//ˈtranzɔɪd/ Chemistry.
Designating a compound, group, or structure in which two like atoms lie on opposite sides of a single bond or a line of bonds.
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1959 I. L. Finar Org. Chem. (ed. 3) I. xvii. 387 (caption) Staggered (transoid).
1965 Tetrahedron XXI. 3121 The optical rotatory dispersion of seven other transoid dienes has been determined.
1970 Nature 3 Jan. 36/1 Acetylcholine..in a ‘transoid’ conformation.
1978 Nature 29 June 785/1 Bathorhodopsin is a common intermediate between pigments based on two different cis isomers and thus must itself contain a ‘transoid’ chromophore.
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