| 1. | In the eclipsed conformation the torsional angle is minimised.
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| 2. | Both of these staggered conformations are much more stable than the eclipsed conformations.
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| 3. | There is no overlap in the eclipsed conformation, leading to a disfavored energy maximum.
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| 4. | The ORTEP diagram shows that the cation adopts an eclipsed conformation in the solid state.
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| 5. | The projection is totally unrealistic, as a saccharide would never adopt this multiply eclipsed conformation.
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| 6. | Despite this apparent freedom, only two limiting conformations are important : eclipsed conformation and staggered conformation.
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| 7. | Two of these are recognised as energy minimum ( staggered conformation ) and energy maximum ( eclipsed conformation ) forms.
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| 8. | Torsional strain occurs when atoms separated by three bonds are placed in an eclipsed conformation instead of the more stable staggered conformation.
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| 9. | It had been accepted as early as the 1930s that the staggered conformations of ethane were more stable than the eclipsed conformation.
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| 10. | The staggered conformation is more stable by 12.5 mol than the eclipsed conformation, which is the energy maximum for ethane.
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