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Which of the Following Statements About Ethane Is False

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Which of the following statements about ethane is false?


A) Staggered ethane is destabilized by interactions between filled C-H σ and empty C-H σ* orbitals.
B) Staggered ethane is stabilized by interactions between filled C-H σ and empty C-H σ* orbitals.
C) All staggered conformations are identical in energy, and all eclipsed conformations are identical in energy.
D) The eclipsed conformation of ethane is an energy maximum between staggered conformations.
E) The eclipsed conformation is stabilized by interactions between filled C-H σ bonds.

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