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Q. In $4-F$ormy$1-2-$methyl benzoic acid, what is the maximum number of hydrogen atoms which may lie in one single plane?

Organic Chemistry – Some Basic Principles and Techniques

Solution:

The structure of given compound is
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Only hydrogen atoms attached to $sp^{2}$ hybridised carbon atoms can be coplanar. Labelled hydrogens are coplanar.