Pushing Electrons
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Chapter5: Some Reactions From Biochemistry
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The boat conformation of cyclohexane (1) lies 22 kJ mol-1 higher in energy than the chair conformation (2). Calculate the partition function for the cyclohexane molecule, confining attention to these two con formations only. Show how the partition function varies with temperature. 

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