Conformations of Ethane

Ethane has the composition C2H6 which is often written as CH3CH3.

Although ethane is a three dimensional object it can be represented on a plane surface like this:

Solid lines represent bonds in the plane of the screen, dotted lines are used for bonds which are behind the plane of the screen and wedges represent bonds coming out from the screen.


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