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Q. Which one of the following has the shortest carbon-carbon bond length?

AIPMTAIPMT 1992Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

Solution:

Ethyne (acetylene) have shortest C-C bond length because it have $C \equiv C$ bond. The bond length follows the following order
$ C\equiv C < C= C < C - C$