Isomerism of Alkanes

• C2H6 has only one optical isomer, while C3H8 has three stereoisomers (R/S, R/R/S, S/R/R).
• In cis-trans isomers, the double bond can be on either side of the molecule, resulting in two different compounds.
• MATLAB is a mathematical software originally designed for manipulating matrices
• Today, MATLAB can be used for a wide range of mathematical operations
• MATLAB is available in most universities' computational labs
• MATLAB is versatile enough to write your own programs
• Commands in MATLAB:

  <|>format command allows displaying values in a certain way

  <|>Default format displays 4 decimal digits

  <|>format long displays 14 decimal digits
• disp command is used to display text or values
• fprintf is a print command to print text and/or values with a desired number of digits
• Saving and Loading in MATLAB:

  <|>save your_filename saves the workspace to a file with the specified name

  <|>load your_filename loads the file from the disk to memory

  <|>dir command lists the content of the directory
• Generating a Range of Values in MATLAB:

  <|>To create a range of data or a row matrix, specify:

  <|>a starting value

  <|>the increment

  <|>the end value
• Examples:

  <|>+ = 0:25:100

  <|>countdown = 5:-1:0