Organic Chemistry
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Chapter 2, Problem 2.50P
There are four cis,trans isomers of 2-isopropyl-5-methylcyclohexanol:
- (a) Using a planar hexagon representation for the cyclohexane ring, draw structural formulas for the four cis,trans isomers.
- (b) Draw the more stable chair conformation for each of your answers in part (a).
- (c) Of the four cis,trans isomers, which is most stable? (Hint: If you answered this part correctly, you picked the isomer found in nature and given the name menthol.)
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