Essential Organic Chemistry (3rd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321937711
Author: Paula Yurkanis Bruice
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 54P
For rotation about the C-3 8 C-4 bond of 2-methylhexane, do the following:
- a. Draw the Newman projection of the most stable conformer.
- b. Draw the Newman projection of the least stable conformer.
- c. About which other carbon–carbon bonds may rotation occur?
- d. How many of the carbon–carbon bonds in the compound have staggered conformers that are all equally stable?
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For rotation about the C-3 - C-4 bond of 2-methylhexane, do the following: a. Draw the Newman projection of the most stable conformer. b. Draw the Newman projection of the least stable conformer. c. About which other carbon–carbon bonds may rotation occur? d. How many of the carbon–carbon bonds in the compound have staggered conformers that are all equally stable?
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Essential Organic Chemistry (3rd Edition)
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