Consider a molecule that that has three conformations labelled A, B and C. Conformations A and B are non-degenerate, while conformation C has a degeneracy of three. The energies relative to conformation A (which is the most stable) are found to be +5.75 kJ/mol for conformation B, and +7.32 kJ/mol for conformer C. At 300 K, what are the populations of each conformer in percent. Show your work.

Consider a molecule that that has three conformations labelled A, B and C. Conformations A and B are non-degenerate, while conformation C has a degeneracy of three. The energies relative to conformation A (which is the most stable) are found to be +5.75 kJ/mol for conformation B, and +7.32 kJ/mol for conformer C. At 300 K, what are the populations of each conformer in percent. Show your work.

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Chapter18: More Statistical Thermodynamics

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Problem 18.4E

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