Cyclohexane Chair Conformation with Substituents
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Cyclohexane Chair Conformation with Substituents
If we are told to draw the most stable conformation of a cyclohexane molecule with multiple substituents, does the numbering of carbons (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) and the placement of the substituents matter? For example, If there is a methyl group, an ethyl group, and a propyl group, is the propyl group most stable in an equatorial position at the "head" of the chair as opposed to bonded to a carbon that makes up the "body" of the chair?
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Re: Cyclohexane Chair Conformation with Substituents
The larger substituent group among all the substituents prefers to be in the equatorial position.
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Re: Cyclohexane Chair Conformation with Substituents
Yes, I understand that the larger molecules prefer the equatorial position. My question was more directed at the location in the conformation (in terms of which carbon atom the substituents bond to). In the chair conformation, would a propyl group be more stable at "head" of the chair, or as part of the "base" of the chair?
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