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The compound shown is acetaldehyde oxime, , drawn with a definite geometry about the bond. Its configuration is

  1. A
  2. B
  3. Cit cannot be assigned because nitrogen has only one substituent
  4. D

Answer: A

On carbon the groups are (priority) and . On nitrogen the groups are and the lone pair; the lone pair always has the lowest priority, so is the higher group. In the drawing and lie on opposite sides of the bond, so the oxime shown is . Oximes and imines show isomerism exactly like alkenes because of the lone pair.
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