4. Alkanes and Cycloalkanes
Calculating Energy Difference Between Chair Conformations
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Problem 5
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Textbook QuestionGiven that the free energy of the twist-boat conformer of cyclohexane is 5.3 kcal/mol greater than that of the chair conformer, calculate the percentage of twist-boat conformers present in a sample of cyclohexane at 25 °C. Does your answer agree with the statement made in Section 3.13 about the relative number of molecules in these two conformations?
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