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Magazine Chapter 1: Q1-1-4P (page 10)
Convert the following representation of ethane,C2H6, into a conventional drawing that uses solid, wedged, and dashed lines to indicate tetrahedral geometry around each carbon (gray 5 C, ivory 5 H).
Ethane
Short Answer
Three- dimensional structure of ethane
Step by step solution
Three-dimensional geometry
To represent the three-dimensional geometry of a molecule, we need to use
* a solid line to represent a bond in the plane of the page.
*A dashed line to represent a bond going back below the plane of the page, and
*A wedged line to represent a bond above the plane of the page.
To represent tetrahedral geometry around C, draw two bonds using solid lines, one bond using a dashed line, and one bond using a wedged line.
Ethane
The representation of ethane shows four atoms that are located on the plane of the page: two C atoms each with an H atom connected to it. By drawing these atoms and connecting them with the solid line and by noting that one H points up and the other points down.
Bonding of hydrogen represented by solid lines
Each C atom is connected to an H in a bond that goes below the plane of the page. Draw these bonds using dashed lines.
Bonding of hydrogen represented by dashed lines
Each C atom is connected to an H in a bond that connects above the plane of the page. Draw these bonds using heavy wedged lines
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