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(a) Use your molecular models to make ethane, and compare
Chapter 23, Problem 1P(choose chapter or problem)
Problem 1P
(a) Use your molecular models to make ethane, and compare the model with the preceding
structures.
(b) Make a model of propane (C3H8) and draw this model using dashed lines and wedges
to represent bonds going back and coming forward.
Questions & Answers
QUESTION:
Problem 1P
(a) Use your molecular models to make ethane, and compare the model with the preceding
structures.
(b) Make a model of propane (C3H8) and draw this model using dashed lines and wedges
to represent bonds going back and coming forward.
ANSWER:
Solution:
Step 1
Molecular model of ethane (C2H6):- In ethane, each C atom is overlap with three H-atoms. The hybridization of C-H and C-C is sp3 with bond angle 109.5o.
The three dimensional structure of ethane with wedge and dash is given below,
Fig.1 Ethane