NEET 2000 Chemistry question

ChemistryOrganic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and TechniquesNEET 2000

Dihedral angle in staggered form of ethane is :

Answer: (3)

Solution

In ethane the dihedral (torsional) angle is the angle between a C-H bond on the front carbon and a C-H bond on the rear carbon when viewed along the C-C axis. In the eclipsed conformation it is , and in the staggered conformation each front hydrogen

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