Question

How many pi bonds are there in a triple bond?

Answer 1

`1sigma + 2pi`

There are 2 pi bonds.

Explanation:

A chemical (covalent) bond is always made of one sigma bond. They then can have extra pi bonds around the central sigma bond, forming double or triple bonds.

A double bond will have a sigma and a pi bond: `1sigma + 1pi`

A triple bond would have `1sigma + 2pi`

A quadruple bond would have `1sigma + 3pi`, and so on.