Q.6 Relative abundance of conformers.
Assuming that the potential energy difference between the gauche and anti forms of butane can be approximated as the free energy difference, estimate the relative population of two conformers at room temperature(25℃).
-ΔG [kj/mol] | 1.71 | 2.72 | 3.43 | 3.97 | 5.85 |
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K (298k) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 |