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Assuming a carbon-carbon double bond length of 1.33 Å and a carbon-hydrogen single bond length of 1.09 Å, what is the approximate bond length of a carbon-carbon triple bond in a molecule with a linear geometry?

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To estimate the bond length of a carbon-carbon triple bond, we can use the concept of bond order. Bond order is the number of chemical bonds between a pair of atoms. In a carbon-carbon double bond, the bond order is 2, and in a carbon-carbon triple bond, the bond order is 3.The bond length decreases as the bond order increases because more electrons are shared between the two atoms, leading to a stronger attraction and shorter distance between the nuclei.The carbon-carbon single bond length is approximately 1.54 . Using this information, we can estimate the bond length of a carbon-carbon triple bond by comparing the bond lengths of single and double bonds.The difference in bond length between a single bond  1.54   and a double bond  1.33   is 0.21 . Assuming a similar decrease in bond length for the triple bond, we can subtract this difference from the double bond length:1.33   double bond length  - 0.21   difference   1.12 Therefore, the approximate bond length of a carbon-carbon triple bond in a molecule with a linear geometry is around 1.12 .

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