#viral #chemistry#students #notes#. Cyclohexane, a six-membered ring, can exist in various conformations due to rotation around its carbon-carbon single bonds. The main conformations are:
1. Chair conformation: - Most stable, with minimal steric hindrance - All bond angles are approximately 109.5° (tetrahedral) - Hydrogen atoms are either axial (perpendicular to the ring) or equatorial (in the plane of the ring) 2. Boat conformation: - Less stable than chair, with some steric hindrance - Bond angles are distorted from tetrahedral - Hydrogen atoms are either axial or equatorial 3. Twist boat conformation: - Intermediate stability between chair and boat - Bond angles are slightly distorted from tetrahedral - Hydrogen atoms are either axial or equatorial 4. Half-chair conformation: - Unstable, with significant steric hindrance - Bond angles are significantly distorted from tetrahedral 5. Planar conformation: - Highly unstable, with
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