Q22 · CSIR NET Chemistry, December 2019
Paper: CSIR NET December 2019 · Subject: Organic Chemistry · Chapter: Pericyclic Reactions · Topic: Frontier Orbital Analysis · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Medium
The HOMO of $\pi$-molecular orbitals of methylazide is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Answer
Answer: B ✓ checked by 4AB · confidence medium
Explanation
The azide π system is allyl-like (three centres, four electrons): the HOMO is the non-bonding ψ₂ with a node at the central nitrogen and opposite phases on the terminal atoms (b).
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