Question

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Staggered form of ethane is ___________ stable than eclipsed form.

Answer 1

Correct option is A. more

In the staggered conformation, the hydrogen atoms are lined up to be equally spaced apart in the Newman projection. For the eclipsed conformation, each hydrogen on the front carbon overlaps with the hydrogen's on the back carbon. In terms of stability, the staggered conformation is more stable than the eclipses.

So the correct answer is staggered conformation is more stable than the eclipses.