Answer to Question #185869 in Organic Chemistry for Parth lad

Question

Which of the following does NOT exhibit geometric isomerism? *

4-octene

2-pentene

2-hexene

1-hexene

Answer 1

1-hexene does not exhibit geometric isomerism. It cannot form cis-trans isomers because the first carbon carrying the double bond has no substituent attached to it. It only has two attached hydrogen atoms.