Wednesday, May 10, 2017

organic chemistry - What are the meanings of dotted and wavy lines in structural formulas?


So I came across this diagram,the other day:



Bonds


As a chemistry student, I am well-versed with the dashed and wedged lines, but I was wondering what the wavy and the dotted line represent?




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