Does cis/trans require one substituent on each carbon to be hydrogen? Does E/Z require another atom to be bonded to whatever atom is bonded to the carbons sharing the double bond?
Does cis/trans require one substituent on each carbon to be hydrogen? Does E/Z require another atom to be bonded to whatever atom is bonded to the carbons sharing the double bond?
I learned that cis/trans was casual naming and could refer to whatever substituents you cared about while E/Z was more formal and you had to consider the priorities on each carbon. If you consider 2-chloro-2-butene, the two methyl groups can be cis, but because Cl has higher priority than CH3 in IUPAC rules, the formal name would be E.
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