Chapter 8: Q54P (page 367)
a. In what direction is the dipole moment in fulvene? Explain.
b. In what direction is the dipole moment in calicene? Explain.

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The direction of dipole moment are given below for those compounds,

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Chapter 8: Q54P (page 367)
a. In what direction is the dipole moment in fulvene? Explain.
b. In what direction is the dipole moment in calicene? Explain.

The direction of dipole moment are given below for those compounds,

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Answer the following questions for the molecular orbitals (MOs) of 1,3,5,7-octatetraene:
a. How many MOs does the compound have?
b. Which are the bonding MOs, and which are the antibonding MOs?
c. Which MOs are symmetric, and which are antisymmetric?
d. Which MO is the HOMO and which is the LUMO in the ground state?
e. Which MO is the HOMO and which is the LUMO in the excited state?
f. What is the relationship between HOMO and LUMO and symmetric and antisymmetric orbitals?
g. How many nodes does the highest-energy MO of 1,3,5,7-octatetraene have between the nuclei?
What orbital do the lone-pair electrons occupy in each of the following compounds?

Protonated cyclohexylamine has aKa=1×10−11. Using the same sequence of steps as in Problem 94 , determine which is a stronger base, cyclohexylamine or aniline.

Which loses a proton more readily: a methyl group bonded to cyclohexane or a methyl group bonded to benzene?
Explain why the following compounds are not optically active:
a. the product obtained from the reaction of 1,3-butadiene with cis-1,2-dichloroethene
b. the product obtained from the reaction of 1,3-butadiene with trans-1,2-dichloroethene
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