Building a Molecular Model of Ethane (C₂H₆)

Today, I assembled a molecular model of ethane (C₂H₆) using my molecular modeling kit. The molecule consists of two carbon atoms (black) and six hydrogen atoms (white). I connected the two carbon atoms with a single bond and attached three hydrogen atoms to each carbon atom, creating the molecular arrangement CH₃–CH₃. Unlike ethanol (C₂H₆O), which I modeled previously, ethane contains no oxygen atoms. My model illustrates the eight atoms and their arrangement in three-dimensional space, with each carbon atom forming four single covalent bonds in a roughly tetrahedral geometry.

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14/11/2026

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