Organic Chemistry
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Chapter 2, Problem 2.45P
Gibbs free energy differences between axial-substituted and equatorial-substituted chair conformations of cyclohexane were given in Table 2.4.
- (a) Calculate the ratio of equatorial to axial tert-butylcyclohexane at 25°C.
- (b) Explain why the conformational equilibria for methyl, ethyl, and isopropyl substituents are comparable but the conformational equilibrium for tert-butylcyclohexane lies considerably farther toward the equatorial conformation.
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