Anti vs Gauche

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Fengting Liang 1F
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Anti vs Gauche

Postby Fengting Liang 1F » Thu Mar 16, 2017 9:55 pm

What is the difference between anti and gauche conformations?

Jessica Phan 2N
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Re: Anti vs Gauche

Postby Jessica Phan 2N » Thu Mar 16, 2017 10:07 pm

For butane, they are both staggered conformations, but the gauche is when the CH3 groups are 60 degrees and the anti is when the CH3 groups are 180 degrees away from each other. The anti conformation is the most stable out of the two.


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