Chemistry: Structure and Properties Custom Edition for Rutgers University General Chemistry
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Chapter 7, Problem 71E
The structure of caffeine, present in coffee and many soft drinks, is shown here. How many pi bonds are present in caffeine? How many sigma bonds? Insert the lone pairs in the molecule. Which kinds of orbital do the lone pairs occupy?
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Chemistry: Structure and Properties Custom Edition for Rutgers University General Chemistry
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