Hydrocarbons Ques 5
5. The most stable conformation of $n$-butane is
[1997]
(a) skew boat
(b) gauche
(c) staggered-anti
(d) eclipsed
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Answer:
Correct Answer: 5.(c)
Solution:
- (c) Order of stability: staggered (anti) $>$ gauche $>$ skew boat $>$ eclipsed.
Newman projection of n-butane is given as
