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X and Y




are


ChemistryGeneral Organic ChemistryKVPYKVPY 2018 (SB/SX)
Options:
  • A enantiomers
  • B diastereomers
  • C constitutional isomers
  • D conformers
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The correct answer is: conformers


Both X and Y are conformers of each other, where X is eclipsed and Y is staggered form.


Conformers are the spatial arrangements of atoms, which can be converted into one another by rotation around aC-C  single bond. The conformation in which the substituents are as closed together as possible is called eclipsed conformation, whereas in staggered form the substituents are far apart as possible.


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