JEE Main Chemistry question

Chemistry Organic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and Techniques JEE Main

Geometrical isomerism is caused

(A)By restricted rotation around the C=C bondCorrect
(B)By the presence of one asymmetric carbon atom
(C)Due to different groups attached to the same functional group
(D)By swing of the hydrogen atom between two polyvalent atoms

Answer: (A)

Solution

The rigidity (restricted rotation) of a C=C double bond fixes substituents on each carbon in a plane,

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