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Q.Give the IUPAC name and describe the hybridisation, bond angle and bond length at the triple-bonded carbons of CH3CH2C≡CH\text{CH}_3\text{CH}_2\text{C}{\equiv}\text{CH}.

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The four-carbon chain with the triple bond starting at C1 is numbered to give the triple bond the lowest locant, so the compound is but-1-yne. At each of the two triple-bonded carbons, one ss and one pp orbital combine into two collinear spsp hybrid orbitals at exactly 180°180° to each other; one spsp orbital on each carbon forms the C–C\text{C--C} sigma bond (head-on overlap with the other carbon's spsp orbital), and the other spsp orbital on the terminal carbon forms a sigma bond to its hydrogen -- so the terminal ≡C–H\equiv\text{C--H} unit is perfectly linear, 180°180°. The two remaining, mutually perpendicular pp orbitals on each carbon overlap sideways with the corresponding pp orbitals on the other carbon to form two pi bonds in two perpendicular planes, giving the triple bond overall one sigma plus two pi bonds. This is bot …

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