Question #16a6f

1 Answer

21

Explanation:

Let us look at the structure of the acetylsalicylic acid, also called aspirin.

Look at the following image

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Each double bond (shown as =) has one sigma bond and one pi bond. Each single bond (shown as -) is a sigma bond.

Count the bonds to get 21 sigma and 5 pi bonds.