Highly selective Backlog Qs for JEE MainChemistryGeneral Organic Chemistry
Increasing order of stability among the three main conformation (i.e. eclipse, anti, gauche) of ethylene glycol is :
Options
- AEclipse< gauche< anti
- BGauche
- CEclipse< anti< gauche
- DAnti< gauche< eclipse
Correct answer
C. Eclipse< anti< gauche
Step-by-step solution
C H 2 O | H - C H 2 O H | in gauche intramolecular H -bonding is taking place so it is highly stable among all.in staggered anti steric repulsion is less as eclipsed so it is more stable than eclipsed Stability order ⇒ Gauche > Anti > Eclipse