How to enter a compound's name, source, and optical rotation.

1. The second member of each compound's array is either a single string containing the name of the compound, or an array of strings in which the first member is the name of the compound, and subsequent strings are footnote references.
   1. Change the name to match that of the new compound.
      1. Very rarely, the discoverers of a compound will not have assigned it a trivial name.
         1. Give the compound the name no name.
         2. Insert enough space characters (as of this writing, 10) between the two words to distinguish this compound from other unnamed compounds.
   2. Add, modify, or delete any footnotes as necessary. The most common footnote references are:
      1. [c] and [d], which indicate that the absolute configuration of the new compound is respectively the same or opposite to the absolute configuration shown in the generic structure; and,
      2. [e], which indicates that the configuration of one or more sterecenters has not been defined, most often because the compound contains a sec-Bu group.)
2. The third and fourth members indicate the new compound's source and optical rotation. (You can find the abbreviations for the solvents used in optical rotation measurements in footnote [b].) Modify them appropriately.
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