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The staggered conformers of alkanes are counted by using a tree-counting method. Some numerical results are tabulated.
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The solution of the open problem in J. Math. Chem. 17 (1995), see ref. [5].
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Wang, J., Cao, S. & Li, Y. An algebraic solution for the numbers of staggered conformers of alkanes. J Math Chem 20, 211–212 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01165165
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