CSUMB
ESSP 311 Organic Chemistry I
Ronald W. Rinehart, Ph.D.

More on Conformations of Substituted Cyclohexanes

 



 


 
t-butylcyclohexane or (1,1-dimethylethyl)cyclohexane,
with the bulky t-butyl group in the REALLY unfavorable axial position
t-butylcyclohexane or (1,1-dimethylethyl)cyclohexane,
with the bulky t-butyl group in the preferred equatorial position

© Ronald W. Rinehart, 2002.  Structures drawn using MDL IsisDraw™