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What is a delocalized pi bond?

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A common example occurs in benzene. Delocalization is the phenomena by which electrons or bonds are transient in nature. A delocalized pi-bond means that this pi system can exist in several conformations and thus is not considered to be in either conformation, but all of them at once.

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