Extension of the 3D Rules to Conformations

SCHEME 7.9 Elrawing the extended conformation of C7H16 in three steps. 

Extended-chain conformations are common and easily accessible. When many molecules are present together, these extended chains tend to pack nicely and hence they can form solids quite easily. This is one of the problems of saturated fatty acids, about which we talked in Lecture 5. 

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