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The most stable conformation of ethane is
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The most stable conformation of ethane is staggered. In staggered conformer of ethane the
substituents on two carbon atoms are at the maximum distance from each others thus, have having less tortional strain. This makes the staggered conformer of ethane more stable than its eclipsed and skew conformers. Staggered form of ethane is represented as,

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