Assuming that all the four valency of carbon atom in propane pointing towards the…

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Assuming that all the four valency of carbon atom in propane pointing towards the corners of a regular tetrahedron, calculate the distance between the terminal carbon atoms in propane. Given, C—C single bond length is 1.54 Å.

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