Organic Chemistry Some Basic Principles and Techniques - Result Question 27

####31. The ClCCl angle in 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethene and tetrachloromethane respectively will be about

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(a) 120 and 120

(b) 90 and 109.5

(c) 109.5 and 90

(d) 120 and 109.5

Topic 2: Isomerism in Organic Compounds

32. Given

(I)

(II)

(III) Which of the given compounds can exhibit tautomerism?

(a) I and III

(b) II and III

(c) I, II and III

(d) I and II

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Solution:

  1. (d) Tetrachloroethene being an alkene has sp2 hybridized C atoms and hence the angle ClCCl is 120 while in tetrachloromethane, carbon is sp3 hybridized, therefore the angle Cl CCl is 109.5.


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