
Chemistry & Chemical Reactivity
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ISBN: 9781133949640
Author: John C. Kotz, Paul M. Treichel, John Townsend, David Treichel
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 8, Problem 85GQ
Acrolein is used to make plastics. Suppose this compound can be prepared by inserting a carbon monoxide molecule into the C—H bond of ethylene.
- (a) Which is the stronger carbon-carbon bond in acrolein?
- (b) Which is the longer carbon-carbon bond in acrolein?
- (c) Is ethylene or acrolein polar?
- (d) Use bond dissociation enthalpies to predict whether the reaction of CO with C2H4 to give acrolein is endothermic or exothermic.
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