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Applied to a chemical species, the term expresses a thermodynamic property in reference to a standard, stating that one state is lower in energy than another. The tag should be applied to questions seeking answers with respect to the stability (or instability) of a certain chemical species, molecular entity and/or electronic structure. It must not be applied to questions about the reactivity of particular chemical species.

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Which conformations of 2,3-dimethylbutane are more stable?

The correct arrangement (from least stable to most stable) is probably: $4 > 2 > 3 \gtrapprox 1$ based on my calculations for the four gas phase rotamers you can see in the figure below. Your reaso …
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Stability of beryllium carbonate

Why and how is this stability maintained? Beryllium carbonate decomposes into Beryllium oxide and Carbon dioxide. …
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