2021-11-06

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Chemistry in a Nutshell

See how to draw Newman Projections of butane & the potential energy for all conformations in a complete rotation about the carbon-carbon (C2-C3) bond. Learn terminology like anti, gauche, syn, dihedral angle, and steric hindrance (which is the same as steric strain).

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Time Stamps:

0:00 Introduction - Molecular Model of Butane

0:33 Molecular Model of Butane and Line of Sight

1:32 Drawing a Newman Projection of Butane with a Dihedral Angle of 0 (Syn Conformation)

2:37 Dihedral Angle

3:00 Potential Energy Diagram Intro

3:17 Drawing Lot of Newman Projections Quickly

3:22 Explaining the Potential Energy Diagram for One Complete Rotation of C2-C3 Bond in Butane

6:53 World Languages and Chemistry

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