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From: Wanted: unique names for unique atom positions. PDB-wide analysis of diastereotopic atom names of small molecules containing diphosphate

Figure 1

S and R configurations for chiral centers. (a) S configuration and (b) R configuration, for atoms A, B, C, and D when they have the highest, second, third, and lowest priorities, respectively. Notice that when the three highest priority groups (A, B, and C) are facing the viewer, they have a counter-clockwise arrangement in the S configuration and a clockwise arrangement in the R configuration.

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