Week 7-8 #18
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HoneyWalnutShrimp
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Week 7-8 #18
So from what I get from other posts on CC, the reason that H2CCCH2 doesnt have coplanar Hydrogens is because the first C=C pi bond and second C=C pi bond are perpendicular from eachother. Now, my question is, why would they be perpendicular and not just facing the opposite directions from eachother? Ex. the first pi bond reaches out towards you and the second pi bond reaches out away from you.
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Joshua Azer
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Re: Week 7-8 #18
The pi bonds in H2C=C=CH2 are perpendicular to each other due to the geometry of the sp-hybridized carbon
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