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Interpretation:
Out of the two staggered conformations of
Concept introduction:
In a Newman projection, sighting down the
Each carbon atom has three other bonds. These are placed around the carbon symmetrically.
In the most stable conformation, the bulkiest groups attached to the carbon atoms are as apart from each other as possible. This minimizes the repulsions between the atoms attached to the adjacent carbon atoms.
When the torsion angle is approximately
More the gauche interactions, less is the stability in a particular conformation.

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