Cyclobutadiene (below) is like benzene in that it has alternating single and double bonds in a ring.
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Cyclobutadiene (below) is like benzene in that it has alternating single and double bonds in a ring. However, its bonds are not the same length, the double bonds being shorter than the single bonds; the molecule is rectangular, not square. Explain why it would be incorrect to write resonance structures as shown.
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Organic Chemistry
ISBN: 978-1118133576
11th edition
Authors: Graham Solomons, Craig Fryhle, Scott Snyder
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