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COMEDK · Chemistry · 13. General Organic Chemistry

A statement of Assertion followed by a statement of Reason is given. Choose the correct answer out of the following options.
Assertion: The Eclipsed and the Staggered conformations of Ethane continuously flip from one form to the other.
Reason: The torsional barrier between the Conformers of Ethane has a high value of about \(50 \mathrm{~kJ} / \mathrm{mol}\) and this restricts free rotation around \(\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{C}\) bond.

  1. A Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
  2. B Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct statement.
  3. C Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect statements.
  4. D Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect statement.
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(D) Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect statement.

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Correct option is D.