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Why formation of cyclic allenes not possible?

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16 Years agoGrade Upto college level
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16 Years ago

hi Sudarshan Gupta,

the p orbitals of a carbon atom are perpendicular to each other.... so ty the carbon to which the two double bonds ara present can only make the bonds which can be linear not bent....... so there is no possibility of cyclic allenes...