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20.1 Exercise 5

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Explain why unbranched alkenes can form geometric isomers while unbranched alkanes cannot. Does this explanation involve the macroscopic domain or the microscopic domain?

OpenStax Chemistry 2e, 20.1 Hydrocarbons, exercise 5

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