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Sunday, January 26, 2020

Penta-1,3-diene is more stable than penta-1,4 -diene. Why?

In Penta-1,3-diene all the four carbon atoms having sp2 hybridised and in conjugation while in case of penta-1,4-diene one carbon between two double bonded carbon is sp3 hybridised hence de localisation not possible.

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