Is more than one shape possible for the caproic acid molecule?If you built a model of stearic acid by extending the carbon chainof caproic acid to18 carbons, would it have more, less, or the samenumber of possible shapes as the number of shapes for caproic acid?Can you write a general rule that relates the length of a fattyacid chain (carbon skeleton, backbone) to the number of shapespossible?
Unrelated but... Do the open chain and closed ring forms ofglucose have the same molecular weight?
