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anor277
Nov 11, 2017

It is not wholly straightforward to represent this on the Socratic interface....

Explanation:

We gots #H_3stackrel(i)C-stackrel(ii)CH_2-stackrel(iii)CH_2-stackrel(iv)CH_3#...we look down the #stackrel(ii)C-stackrel(iii)C# vector to analyze the conformation. And clearly, the most stable conformer will occur when the pendant methyl groups are disposed at #180^@# to each other....

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And hopefully you have better eyes than I have, cos I need my spex to consult the drawing....

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