Answer to Question #252788 in Organic Chemistry for Jessy

Question

What are the bond angles and lengths of pyruvic acid?

Angles and lengths for all bonds, please.

Answer 1

Atomic emission spectra are produced when excited electrons return to the ground state. The emitted light of electrons corresponds to energies of the specific electrons.

Pyruvic acid, (CH3COCOOH), is an organic acid that probably occurs in all living cells. It ionizes to give a hydrogen ion and an anion, termed pyruvate. Biochemists use the terms pyruvate and pyruvic acid almost interchangeably. Fast Facts.

Bond Length: The distance between the centers of two nuclei of atoms connected by a chemical bond is known as 'bond length'. Bond Angle: The angle between the directions of two bonds in a molecule is called the 'bond angle'.