Naming Cyclohexene with E/Z Configuration

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How do we name cyclohexene with E/Z configuration?

This compound is symmetric w.r.t. the double bond.
 

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Abdul Quadeer said:
How do we name cyclohexene with E/Z configuration?

This compound is symmetric w.r.t. the double bond.

Consider the two atoms attached to each carbon of the double bond separately. Are the higher priority atoms on the same, or opposite sides of the double bond?
 
We have a C--C double bond and one CH2- group + H- atom on each carbon.
The two CH2- groups are on one side. So is it Z?
 
Yes, though in practice you are unlikely to get an (E) cyclohexene if all you have is carbon and hydrogen due to sterics.
 
An easy way to remember this (I use this method):

Z - "Zame" side

E - different sides
 
Yes, though in practice you are unlikely to get an (E) cyclohexene if all you have is carbon and hydrogen due to sterics.

Thanks!

Z - "Zame" side

Lol.
Thanks for that. I always had trouble rememebering them.
 

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