Self Test 3.3B on page 109 of the Organic book asks "Do you expect the equilibrium constant for 1-iodobutane to be larger or smaller for the gauche, anti inter-conversion? Explain.
What is the answer?
Anti/Gauche Equilibrium Constants
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Re: Anti/Gauche Equilibrium Constants
Gauche --> anti
is favorable because anti is a more stable conformation, therefore its deltaG would be more negative and the K would be more positive
is favorable because anti is a more stable conformation, therefore its deltaG would be more negative and the K would be more positive
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