Re: ???

Erika Perkins (perkiner@plu.edu)
Sun, 15 Dec 1996 20:46:42 -0800 (PST)

The way I understand it, the most stable conformation is when the groups
are as opposite from one another as they can get. So, depending on which
carbons the groups are located on, there are different orientations that
are more stable. If you look on pg 163, there is a table that explains it
well. Hope this helped! Erika

On Sun, 15 Dec 1996 rehwinja@plu.edu wrote:

> I was reviewing my tests and came to some questions on most stable
> chair conformations. The most stable is equatorial-equatorial but when
> they are cis conformations some are most stable as one being axial and the
> other equatorial (first test last four question on the test). Is this
> because they are only one (or 3,5 etc) apart, so to have greatest spacing
> they are in opposite (one up, one down) and this happens to take place at
> opposite places (axial/equatorial)?
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