Organic Chemistry Solutions: #5
5. Which has the shorter carbon-carbon bond length: allene or ethylene? Why? In allene, the central carbon is sp hybridized, so it would have shorter bond lengths than ethylene, whose carbons are sp2 hybridized.
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Organic Chemistry Solutions: #5
5. Which has the shorter carbon-carbon bond length: allene or ethylene? Why? In allene, the central carbon is sp hybridized, so it would have shorter bond lengths than ethylene, whose carbons are sp2 hybridized.
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