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The staggered and eclipsed forms of ethane are :

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Conformers (conformational isomers) differ only by rotation about a σ bond and interconvert without breaking any bond - exactly the relationship between the staggered and eclipsed forms of ethane. Enantiomers and diastereomers are configurational stereoisomers, and structural isomers differ in connectivity.

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