Packet 7: Tossup 15

Electrons from a filled d orbital in a coordination compound donate into a vacant one of these interactions in backbonding. (15[4])One type of these (15[1])interactions (-5[1])act as a nucleophile in the first step (15[1])of oxymercuration (-5[1])demercuration. (-5[1])Huckel’s rule (-5[1])determines (-5[1])aromaticity (-5[1])based on the number (15[1])of electrons belonging (15[1])to these (15[1])interactions. (15[5]-5[1])Conjugated systems (-5[1])possess a delocalized (15[1])network of these (15[1]-5[1])interactions. (15[2]-5[2])(*) Sp2 hybridization permits (10[1])the formation of these interactions (10[1])that form (10[1])from the sideways overlap of p orbitals. (10[1]-5[1])A double bond (10[1])contains a sigma bond and, for 10 (10[1])points, (10[3])which (10[1])other (10[1])type of bond? (10[3]-5[1])■END■ (10[9]0[3])

ANSWER: Pi bonds [accept Pi orbital or pi-star orbital or pi-antibonding orbital or pi-backbonding or carbon-carbon pi-bond or pi system; prompt on carbon-carbon double bonds until mentioned]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Ahmed AzhariCambridgeSouthperial1915
Dan NiPC Chris Master RaceThey'll Just Let Anyone Edit Chicago Open These Days1915
Max GreenEast Chapel HillChapel Hill A1915
Pratyush JaishankerPrat PackWith Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl Experience1915
Ilyas ChoukriVirginia TechThey fuck you up your buzz and neg2315
Jacob FinleyHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?I have no buzzer and I must neg24-5
Alec RisoBooz Allen InternsAn even worse idea3215
Edgar HughesTed OffensiveArmand duplantis fan club34-5
Darren KellisOstia OrcasJeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutu35-5
Sean HarbisonExhibitionMidtown37-5
Rohit RajaNot Just BikingMountain Dew is Better38-5
Andrew NucciDon't Ever Take Sides Against the FamilyMidnight Bus to Vista39-5
Kaiden LeeNorthview ALambert B4315
Viren KohliLambert AInnovation A4615
Ayush PatelLeif Eriksen's Striking Appearancewhatever4815
Kamran Nawaz (St. Mark's)Texas BGeorgia B4915
Joel DickerSouthamptonBirmingham B4915
Ben HellmanMichael Touse-SquidThe Young Jits49-5
Mihir KhuranaMinnetonka AMinnetonka C4915
Evan XueJohns CreekHoover4915
Simon ZhangLexington BMansfield A4915
Gus SullivanMinnetonka BBurnsville51-5
Darsh MehrotraWashingtonTexas A5415
Sreyas SabbaniInnovation BChattahoochee B57-5
Ashley TranAlbanian Rift in the SkyBig Brown Ballers5715
Bill FudgeBathWarperial5815
Sankalp AgrawalEden PrairieProvidence58-5
Keke XiuAbbey ParkBurlington Trojans5815
Taha FarooqRenertBella Vista58-5
Simon BrewerManchester ASheffield A6110
Zhangir SatzhanovBirmingham AOxford6610
Willow BhargavaWaltham ABelmont A6810
Alex IrvineSheffield BChimera7510
Gavin HarperNorthernMartingrove75-5
Michael XuI have no buzzer and I must negHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?7810
Emily SandeAlways Set the KurveBasileus II: Electric Boogaloo8510
Pen HughesEdinburghManchester B8610
Sowrish KomaragiriTantaene Animis Caelestibus IraeChapel Hill B8610
Muye ChenCheese SandwichGlebe8610
Aditya Rao (Challenger-Strawberry Park)CaliforniaGeorgia C8710
Aarnav PatwardhanChattahoochee ANorthview B8810
Matthew MedinaGrimsleyCary Academy91-5
Dutch ConnertyMidtownExhibition9110
Daniel SheffieldBelmont BMansfield B9110
Penny McClementMartingroveNorthern9110
Arjun NairNew YorkGeorgia A9210
Om DessaiNorth CarolinaKentucky9210
Shawn ArmstrongJeopardy Rejected Ibean BatutuOstia Orcas9210
Braden BoutwellMountain Dew is BetterNot Just Biking9210
Nicholas WinterArmand duplantis fan clubTed Offensive9210
Rafael RamirezThe Young JitsMichael Touse-Squid9210
Arjun PantCary AcademyGrimsley920
Samuel Morgan.BurnsvilleMinnetonka B920
Amory Kaufman-YoungProvidenceEden Prairie920
Madhav KalluruChattahoochee BInnovation B9210
Pranavkrishna BharanidharanBella VistaRenert9210
Jonas LarsonMidnight Bus to VistaDon't Ever Take Sides Against the Family9210

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-246100%50%33%68.17
Triangle Cup2026-03-13367%33%33%52.50
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13333%33%67%49.00
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-134100%25%50%81.75
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-135100%60%20%60.20
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-243100%0%0%74.00
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-244100%75%0%48.00
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-303100%33%0%69.33
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-195100%40%0%74.80
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-178100%38%63%65.00