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Wedge Projection definition

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A stereochemical projection, roughly in the mean plane of the molecule, in which bonds are represented by open wedges, tapering off from the nearer atom to the farther atom. See J. Dale, Acta Chem. Scand. 27, 1115-1129 (1973). It is mainly used to illustrate the conformation of larger cycloalkanes e.g. cyclotetradecane:


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