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Stereoisomeric olefins, cycloalkanes, etc. which differ in the positions of groups relative to a reference plane: in the cis-isomer the atoms are on the same side, in the trans-isomer they are on opposite sides. An obsolete synonym, for which the usage is strongly discouraged, is geometric isomerism.

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Why are oxime geometrical isomers stable?

231st page of Clayden OC 2nd edition: Unlike the geometrical isomers of alkenes, however, those of an imine usually interconvert quite rapidly at room temperature. The geometrical isomers of …
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Cis/trans interconversion of crotyl-boron compounds

Why is the following interconversion slowest for crotyl boronates and fastest for crotyl boranes while crotyl borinates are somewhere in-between?
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