conformation
Rotation about single bond of butane to interconvert one conformation to another. The staggered conformation on the right is a conformer, while the eclipsed conformation on the left is a transition state between conformers. Above: Newman projection; below: depiction of spatial orientation.
Meaning
Noun
- The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.
- The state of being conformed; agreement
- structure, the arrangement of parts of some thing; form; arrangement.
- The spatial arrangement of a group of atoms in a molecule as a result of rotation about a covalent bond which remains unbroken.
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