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ChemistryCHEMICAL BONDINGVBT(overlapping & Hybridisation)Medium2 minQB
ChemistryMediuminteger

Find the number of -bonds whose nodal planes are lying in the plane of paper for the given molecule.

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Answer:
3
Solution:

In a long cumulene chain, π-bonds alternate orientation. Only those π-bonds whose p-orbitals are perpendicular to the paper will have their nodal planes lying in the plane of paper. On analysis of the given symmetric system, only 3 π-bonds satisfy this condition

Stream:JEESubject:ChemistryTopic:CHEMICAL BONDINGSubtopic:VBT(overlapping & Hybridisation)
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