Why are triple covalent carbon to carbon bonds drawn linearly in skeletal structure? In the link see that cyclic C-C structure with a triple covalent bond is drawn with an angle, probably the only way to draw it but why is it drawn linearly in non-cyclic and not like single or double bond? I am wondering about the reason for this not that its a convention.


Alkyne Wikipedia
Triple bond in carbon means that the carbon atom is sp hybridized. sp hybridized carbon has the two bonded groups at 180 to each other. Therefore it is displayed linearly which is closest to the actual structure. Single and double bonds are at an angle of nearly 109.5 and 120 degree therefore are not drawn linearly.