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  4. At room temperature, the eclipsed and staggered forms of ethane cannot be isolated because

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Q. At room temperature, the eclipsed and staggered forms of ethane cannot be isolated because

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Solution:

Since, the energy difference between two conformations of ethane is not so large, so the eclipsed and staggered conformations interconvert rapidly. Thus, it is impossible to isolate these forms at room temperature.