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eclipsed conformation of ethane
eclipsed conformation of ethane Eclipsed conformation is the least stable of all ethane conformations because the repulsive forces between electron pairs in the Cā€•H bonds of adjacent carbons are maximized.

ethane

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ethane, a colourless, odourless, gaseous hydrocarbon (compound of hydrogen and carbon), belonging to the paraffin series; its chemical formula is C2H6. Ethane is structurally the simplest hydrocarbon that contains a single carbonā€“carbon bond. The second most important constituent of natural gas, it also occurs dissolved in petroleum oils and as a by-product of oil refinery operations and of the carbonization of coal. The industrial importance of ethane is based upon the ease with which it...

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