Question: (a) Figure 11.16 is an electrostatic potential map of calicene, so named because its shape resembles a chalice (calix is the Latin word for cup).

(a) Figure 11.16 is an electrostatic potential map of calicene, so named because its shape resembles a chalice (calix is the Latin word for “cup”). Both the electrostatic potential map and its calculated dipole moment (μ = 4.3 D) indicate that calicene is an unusually polar hydrocarbon. Which of the dipolar resonance forms, A or B, better corresponds to the electron distribution in the molecule? Why is this resonance form more important than the other?

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