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how does staggered ethane have S3 symmetry element?

how does staggered ethane have S3 symmetry element?
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There are two conformations of ethane.The eclipsed and the and staggered conformation. To be correct, eclipsed conformation has the S3 symmetry element and staggered conformation has the S6 symmetry element. This can be shown as follows:

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