Section (K): Conformational isomers, strains and stability.

K-1. Which statement (s) is/are true:

(A)When value of dihedral angle is 180° then this conformation is
called anti conformation
(B)When ∅ = 60° then this conformation is called gauche.
(C)When ∅ = 0° then this conformation is called eclipsed
conformation.
(D)Other than staggered and eclipsed conformation are called skew
conformations.
K-2. The eclipsed and staggered conformation of ethane is due to
(A) Free rotation about C-C single bond
(B) Restricted rotation about C-C single bond
(C) Absence of rotation about C-C bond
(D) None of the above
K-3. Which of the following is associated with Torsional strain ?
(A) Repulsion between bond pair of electrons
(B) Size of the groups present at adjacent atoms
(C) Bond angle strain
(D) Attraction of opposite charges
K-4. The Baeyer's angle strain is expected to be maximum in
(A) Cyclodecane
(B) Cyclopentane
(C) Cyclobutane
(D) Cyclopropane
K-5. Which of the following statement is not true?
(A)The different arrangements formed by rotations about a single
bond are called conformations
(B) The repulsion felt by the bonding electrons of one substituent as
they pass close to the bonding electrons of another substituent is
called steric strain.
(C) The strain arises due to repulsion between electron clouds of the
interacting atoms or groups is called steric strain
(D) The study of the various conformation of the compound and their
relative stabilities is called conformational analysis.
K-6. The minimum torsional strain developed in butane is at dihedral
angle(s)
(A)0°, 108°
(B) 120°, 240°
(C) 60°, 180°, 300°
(D)60°, 120°, 180°
K-7. Newman projection of Butane is given, C-2 is rotated by 120°
along C-2 & C-3 bond in anticlockwise direction the conformation
formed is:

(A)anti
(B) fully eclipsed
(C) gauche
(D)partially eclipsed
Section (L): Conformational analysis of Ethane, Propane, Butane
and Substituted butane
L-1. In the following the most stable conformation of n-butane is:
L-2. Which of the following is correct PE. diagram for propane and
butane respectively ?

(A) I & II
(B) I & III
(C) II & IV
(D) IV & III
L-3. Which points on the potential energy diagram represent the
eclipsed conformation of ethane and staggered conformation of
propane respectively?

(A) P, R
(B) Q, R
(C) S, P
(D) R, Q
L-4. The dipole moment of 1,2-Dichloroethane is 1.12 D. Which
statement is correct about this compound.

(A) It exists mainly in fully eclipsed conformation

(B) It exists only in anti conformation

(C) The polarity is due to gauche (skew) conformation

(D) The anti conformation has highest dipole moment

L-5. Which statement is correct about anti conformation of 1-
Chloropropane ?
(A) It is the most polar form
(B) It has maximum torsional strain
(C) It has minimum steric strain
(D) It has minimum torsional strain
L-6. Which of the following is an achiral molecule?
L-7. The newman projection formula of 2,3-dimethylbutane is given
as

X Y respectively can be
(A) -CH(CH3)2 and H
(B) -CH3 and -C2H5
(C) -C2H5 and -CH3
(D) H and -CH(CH3)2
Section (M): Conformational analysis of compound having
intramolecular H-bonding.
M-1. In 2-Fluoroethanol which conformer will be most stable ?
(A) Eclipsed
(B) Skew
(C) Gauche
(D) Staggered
M-2. Which of the following statement regarding the populations of
different conformations of optically active butane-2, 3- diol is true
(A) The most populated conformer will have the hydroxy group at
anti-position
(B) All staggered conformations will be equally populated and are
major
(C) The most populated conformer will have hydroxyl groups at
gauche position
(D) Relative populations of different conformers are not predicted
M-3. The least stable staggered conformation of optically inactive
isomer of butan-2, 3-diol is
M-4. The structures represents

(A) Geometric isomers

(B) positional isomers
(C) Conformational isomers
(D) configurational isomers
M-5. The true statement about the following conformation is

(A) It has maximum angle strain.

(B) It does not have eclipsing strain
(C) It does not have any intramolecular hydrogen bonding.
(D) It has maximum vander waal strain.
M-6. Which statement is/are correct:
(A)All conformational isomers of ethane are degenerate.
(B) All conformational isomers of n-butane are degenerate.
(C) Conformational energy of ethane is more than that of n-butane.
(D)Most stable conformational isomer of HOCH2CH2OH is Gouche.
M-7. The structures I and II are

(A) Conformational diastereomers

(B) Configurational enantiomers
(C) Configurational diastereomers
(D) Identical
M-8.
and are

(A)Enantiomers
(B) diastereomer
(C) Identical compounds
(D) Conformers
M-9. Amongst the given options, the compound (s) in which all the
atoms are in one plane in all the possible conformations (if any), is
(are) :