Skip to main content
Chemistry LibreTexts

Unsymmetrical Alkyne

  1. Last updated
  2. Save as PDF
  • Page ID
    43067

    • An unsymmetrical alkyne is an alkyne in whose molecule the triply bonded carbons bear different ligands.

    eg:

    In an organic molecule, a carbon-carbon triple bond of which the carbon atoms bear different ligands is called an unsymmetrical triple bond.

    eg:

    see also symmetrical alkyne