The general formula for and are CnH2n+2 and CnH2n , respectively. Axial and equatorial hydrogen atoms are interconverted during a . The anti conformation is in energy than a gauche conformation. The increase in energy when tetrahedral bond angles deviate from the optimum angle of 109.5° is known as strain. The position has more room than the position, so larger substituents are more stable in the equatorial position.

Alkanes

Cycloalkanes

Ring flip

Lower

Angle

Equatorial

Axial

Explanation:

For alkanes, the general molecular formula is CnH2n+2 while for cycloalkanes, the general molecular formula is CnH2n.

The cycloalkanes could undergo a ring flip in which axial and equatorial hydrogen atoms are interconverted.

The lower energy conformation of alkanes is the anti conformation and not the gauche conformation due to steric strain.

When the bond angle in alkanes deviate from the ideal 109.5°, an angle strain has occurred.

For bulky groups, the equatorial position his preferred since it has more room than the axial position.

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is the correct one

explanation:

covalent bonds form as valence electrons are shared between two atoms. lewis structures and structural formulas are common ways of showing the covalent bonding in organic molecules. formal charge describes the changes in the number of valence electrons as an atom becomes bonded into a molecule.

the mantle

explanation:

earth is divided into three layers: the crust or the outermost layer on which we live; the underlying, middle layer - the mantle - and the core (the innermost layer of earth).