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1. Draw Newman Projections constructed by looking down the indicated carbon-carbon bond in the following molecule and make a graph of energy versus dihedral angle.

2. Predict the most stable conformation of hexane. Draw a line wedge formula for this confirmation (hint: consider the conformation about each C-C bond separately).

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