Chapter 3: Q18P (page 86)
Draw a Newman projection along the C2-C3 bond of the following conformation of 2,3-dimethylbutane, and calculate a total strain energy:
Short Answer
The total strain energy is 11.4 kJ mol.
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Chapter 3: Q18P (page 86)
Draw a Newman projection along the C2-C3 bond of the following conformation of 2,3-dimethylbutane, and calculate a total strain energy:
The total strain energy is 11.4 kJ mol.
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We’ll see in the next chapter that there are two isomeric substances, both named 1,2-dimethylcyclohexane. Explain.

Increased substitution around a bond leads to increased strain. Take the four substituted butanes listed below, for example. For each compound, sight along the C2–C3 bond and draw Newman projections of the most stable and least stable conformations. Use the data in Table 3-5 to assign strain-energy values to each conformation. Which of the eight conformations is most strained? Which is least strained?
(a) 2-Methylbutane
(b) 2,2-Dimethylbutane
(c) 2,3-Dimethylbutane
(d) 2,2,3-Trimethylbutane
Give IUPAC names for the following alkanes, and convert each drawing
into a skeletal structure.

Draw structures corresponding to the following IUPAC names:
(c) 2,2-Dimethyl-4-propyloctane
Sight along the C2-C1 bond of 2-methylpropane (isobutane).
(d) Assign relative values to the maxima and minima in your graph, given that
An eclipsing interaction costs 4.0 kJ/mol and an eclipsing
Interaction costs 6.0 kJ/mol.
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