Please answer the following questions: Linoleic acid (below) is an essential fat

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Please answer the following questions:

Linoleic acid (below) is an essential fatty acid found in many vegetable oils, such as soy, peanut, and cottonseed. A key structural feature of the molecule is the orientation around its two double bonds, where Ri and R2 represent two different groups that form the rest of the molecule. How many different compounds are possible, changing only the cis/trans arrangements around these two double bonds? How many are possible for a similar compound with three double bonds? Your response differs from the correct answer by more than 10%. Double check your calculations. C=C C=C C=C HX XH h/ XH H/ XH SbF4+ shape octahedral seesaw square pyramidal tetrahedral trigonal pyramidal hybridization ideal bond angle(s) 60 degree

Explanation / Answer

b) 8

e) tetrahedral

109.5

none

b) Br03- ---> < 109.5

Se04- ---> tetrahedral ,none

b) Brcl3 --- sp3d

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