Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · Chemical bonding

Chemical bonding — practice question

The diagrams illustrate two different compounds. Determine: • the total number of structural isomers, including compound $2$, that could result from adding a second methyl group to the ring of compound $1$? • the number of $\pi$ electrons in each compound?

  • Anumber of isomers $= 3$; number of $\pi$ electrons $= 2$
  • Bnumber of isomers $= 3$; number of $\pi$ electrons $= 4$
  • Cnumber of isomers $= 5$; number of $\pi$ electrons $= 2$
  • Dnumber of isomers $= 5$; number of $\pi$ electrons $= 4$

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