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Q. Which conformer of butane molecule has lowest energy?

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Solution:

Relative stability order of conformers of butane anti staggered $>$ Gauche $>$ Partial Eclipsed $>$ Fully Eclipsed

Stability $\propto \frac{1}{\text { energy }}$

So Anti staggered has lowest energy