Consider 2-methylbutane (isopentane). Sighting along the C2-C3 bond, Draw a Newman projection formula for the most stable conformation. Based on your drawing, determine the total strain energy for this conformation. Given the following strain energies with respect to atoms/groups bonded to C-C (one atom/group bonded to each C) H <---> H eclipsed: 4 kJ/mol CH3 <---> H eclipsed: 6 kJ/mol CH3 <----> CH3 eclipsed: 11 kJ/mol CH 3 <----> CH3 gauche staggered: 3.8 kJ/mol Select one: O A. 11 kJ/mol O B. 7.6 kJ/mol O C. 3.8 kJ/mol O D. 14.8 kJ/mol

Consider 2-methylbutane (isopentane). Sighting along the C2-C3 bond, Draw a Newman projection formula for the most stable conformation. Based on your drawing, determine the total strain energy for this conformation. Given the following strain energies with respect to atoms/groups bonded to C-C (one atom/group bonded to each C) H <---> H eclipsed: 4 kJ/mol CH3 <---> H eclipsed: 6 kJ/mol CH3 <----> CH3 eclipsed: 11 kJ/mol CH 3 <----> CH3 gauche staggered: 3.8 kJ/mol Select one: O A. 11 kJ/mol O B. 7.6 kJ/mol O C. 3.8 kJ/mol O D. 14.8 kJ/mol

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Chapter6: Alkanes & Alkenes

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Problem 4E: Consider the molecule 1-bromo-2-methylbutane. C3 and C4 should be drawn as Et as in theexample. This...

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