Preferred Label : bowsprit (flagpole);
IUPAC definition : In the boat form of cyclohexane and related structures there are two ring atoms lying
out of the plane of the other four; exocyclic bonds to these two atoms pointing in
a direction roughly parallel to that plane are called bowsprit, the other two are
called flagpole.;
Origin ID : B00719;
See also
In the boat form of cyclohexane and related structures there are two ring atoms lying
out of the plane of the other four; exocyclic bonds to these two atoms pointing in
a direction roughly parallel to that plane are called bowsprit, the other two are
called flagpole.