Identifying Gauche Interactions

For each of the compounds A through H indicate the number of gauche butane interactions present in the most stable chair conformation. Enter a number from 0 to 9 in each answer box.

Compound A. Number of gauche interactions:             Compound B. Number of gauche interactions:  
Compound C. Number of gauche interactions:   Compound D. Number of gauche interactions:  
Compound E. Number of gauche interactions:   Compound F. Number of gauche interactions:  
Compound G. Number of gauche interactions:   Compound H. Number of gauche interactions:  





This script written by William Reusch, Dept. of Chemistry, Michigan State University. Please send comments and corrections to whreusch@pilot.msu.edu.