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Offline ellis1101

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Reactivity/Stability of Alkenes
« on: March 10, 2008, 01:14:28 PM »
Hi, so I've got 3 bicyclic alkenes, and I'm supposed to put them in increasing stability. I can't quite describe them, one is a bicyclic alkene with the double bond in between the two rings, one has a double bond on only one ring with two hydrogens coming out of the shared bond, and one is two rings with one double bond on just one of the rings. I have no clue how to approach this problem, can anybody help me out? (not that I expect you to solve this problem, just some background info would be very very helpful!) Thank you!

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Re: Reactivity/Stability of Alkenes
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2008, 12:46:00 AM »
What geometry (i.e. bond angles) do carbons participating in a double bond prefer?  Which of these structures causes the largest deviation from ideal bond angles?

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