Consider 2,3-dimethyl pentane. Sighting along the [tex]\mathrm{C} 2-\mathrm{C} 3[/tex] bond: ( 6[tex])[/tex]
a. Sketch a Newman projection for the most stable conformation. Explain why it is the most stable.
b. Sketch a Newman projection for the least stable conformation. Explain why it is the least stable.
c. Using the values in Table 4.6, estimate the energy cost between the most stable and least stable configurations.
d. Sketch a qualitative energy diagram for one full rotation about the [tex]\mathrm{C} 2-\mathrm{C} 3[/tex] bond and label all the conformations (similar to Figure 4.11).



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