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Pi bond
« on: May 29, 2005, 12:54:34 PM »
I am frustrated by the formation of pi bond while i was reading my test bk

it says there is one pi bond in ethene and two pi bonds in ethyne, but when i looked at the structure of these two molecules, i really cannot count the pi bond..

could sb help me plz....thks
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Re:Pi bond
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2005, 01:03:42 PM »
Lets start with what you know about pi-bonds.  What are they made up of and what do they look like?
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Re:Pi bond
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2005, 06:07:24 PM »
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