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Can butane have geometric isomers?

Answer 1

#2-"butene"# can have two geometric isomers. I don't know whether you're wrong or not.

The methyl groups pendant to the double bond, to the olefin, can be on the same side (the #"cis isomer"#), or on opposite sides (the #"trans isomer"#). These are geometric isomers that are distinct molecules with distinct properties (e.g. #"m.p. trans," -106 ""^@ C; "cis," -139 ""^@ C#).

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Answer 2

Delilah Anderson

No, butane does not have geometric isomers because it lacks a double bond or any other structural feature that would allow for geometric isomerism. Geometric isomerism typically occurs in compounds with double bonds or cyclic structures where restricted rotation around a bond leads to different spatial arrangements of atoms.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.