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Bond Rotation in Jmol - English

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Outline:
About conformations of 1,2-dichloroethane.
Create a model of anti conformer of 1,2-dichloroethane on the Jmol panel.
Add elements of your choice in the modelkit menu.
Minimize energy for the model on the panel.
Label the atoms in the model of 1,2-dichloroethane. 
Save the model as .mol file.
Measure the dihedral angle between the two chlorine atoms in the model of 1,2-dichloroethane.
Use rotate bond tool in the model-kit menu to rotate bonds.
Use the script commands with "rotate" keyword to rotate specific bonds in the model.
Rotate the molecule to show the Newman projection.
Width:880 Height:662
Duration:00:09:26 Size:4.7 MB

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Pre-requisite

Script Console and Script Commands

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  • Bond-rotation-slides/
  • Bond-rotation-slides/st-logo-new.png
  • Bond-rotation-slides/Bond-rotation.tex
  • Bond-rotation-slides/Bond-rotation.pdf

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