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Magazine Chapter 20: Q15E (page 1140)
Write Lewis structures for the cis鈥搕rans isomers of \({\rm{C}}{{\rm{H}}_{\rm{3}}}{\rm{CH = CHCL}}\)
Short Answer
The graphic depicts the cis/trans isomers as a result.
Step by step solution
Lewis structure means
A Lewis structure is a molecule鈥檚 structural depiction in which dots indicate electron locations surrounding the atoms and lines or dot pairs represent covalent interactions. The objective of creating a Lewis dot structure is to aid detect chemical bonds formation by identifying lone electrons in molecules.
Determining the Lewis structure for cis-trans isomers of \({\rm{C}}{{\rm{H}}_{\rm{3}}}{\rm{CH = CHCL}}\)
We contain four carbon atoms in our structure.
A double bond at carbon\({\rm{2}}\) and a chlorine atom at carbon\({\rm{2}}\) are also present.
This indicates that we have \({\rm{2}}\)-chloro-\({\rm{2}}\)-butene on our hands.
Geometric isomers of an alkene are cis/trans isomers.
The cis- isomer has the same identical groups on both sides of the double bond.
The trans-isomer has identical groups on opposing sides of the double bond.
A cis- isomer structure depicted below
The cis- isomer, which possesses methyl groups on the same side of the double bond
A trans- isomer structure depicted below
The methyl groups on the opposing ends of the double bond are found in the trans isomer.
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