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Chemistry
121, Winter 2008, LA Tech
Staggered
and Eclipsed conformations
of alkanes and
cycloalkanes
Conformation
Stereoisomerism: Any three-dimensional arrangement
of atoms in a molecule that results from rotation about
a single bond
Staggered conformation: A conformation about a carbon-carbon
single bond where the atoms on one carbon are as far
apart as possible from the atoms on an adjacent carbon
Newman
Projection
