Low Molecular Weight Molecules

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ALKANES

• Methane

• Ethane, staggered

• Ethane, eclipsed

• Butane, gauche, 60, 30

• Butane, anti, 180

• Butane, eclipsed, 0

• Butane, eclipsed, 120, 240

• Hexane, anti

• Decane, anti

BRANCHED ALKANES

• 2-methylpropane

CHLORINATED ALKANES

• 2-chloropropane

CYCLOALKANES

• cyclopropane

• cyclobutane, folded

• cyclobutane, planar

• cyclopentane, envelope

• cyclopentane,half chair

• cyclohexane, chair

CRYSTALS (The screen will appear blank - right click, select Ball and Sticks from Display menu)

• NaCl, cubic - 8 atoms per unit cell

• CaF₂, cubic - 12 atoms per unit cell

• PbS, cubic - 8 atoms per unit cell

• Ar, face centered cubic - 4 atoms per unit cell

• TiO₂ (rutile), tetragonal - 6 atoms per unit cell

• CaTiO₃ (perovskite), tetragonal - 5 atoms per unit cell

• diamond, cubic - 8 atoms per unit cell

• ZnS (wurzite), hexagonal closest packing - 8 atoms per unit cell

• Na, body centered cubic - 2 atoms per unit cell

• Cu, face centered cubic - 4 atoms per unit cell

• MgAl₂O₄ (spinel), cubic - 56 atoms per unit cell

• PtS, tetragonal - 8 atoms per unit cell