Introductory Chemistry: A Foundation
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Chapter20: Organic Chemistry
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 114AP
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β-Carotene is the compound responsible
for the orange color of carrots and is the
precursor to vitamin A. Judging from the
Lewis structure shown here, how many π
bonds does β-carotene have?
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-carotene
It is the compound that is responsible for the orange color of carrots.
It consists of conjugated double bonds, that are responsible for the color.
Step 2
The pi bonds in -carotene can be numbered as;
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