| 1. | Rotation away from the staggered conformation interrupts this stabilizing force.
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| 2. | Both of these staggered conformations are much more stable than the eclipsed conformations.
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| 3. | Here they are shown in a staggered conformation.
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| 4. | More complex molecules, such as butane, have more than one possible staggered conformation.
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| 5. | For example, ethane ( C 2 H 6 ) has three equivalent staggered conformations.
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| 6. | X-ray crystallography confirmed that octaphenylrhodocene has a sandwich structure with a staggered conformation.
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| 7. | Despite this apparent freedom, only two limiting conformations are important : eclipsed conformation and staggered conformation.
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| 8. | The barrier of rotation between staggered conformations of ethane is approximately 2.9 kcal / mol.
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| 9. | Two of these are recognised as energy minimum ( staggered conformation ) and energy maximum ( eclipsed conformation ) forms.
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| 10. | The energetic stabilization of this effect is maximized when the two orbitals have maximal overlap, occurring in the staggered conformation.
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