Organic Chemistry
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Author: T. W. Graham Solomons, Craig B. Fryhle, Scott A. Snyder
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Chapter 4, Problem 16PP
Practice Problem 4.16
(a) Write structural formulas for the two chair conformations of cis-1-isopropyl-4-methyl-cyclohexane.
(b) Are these two conformations equivalent?
(c) If not, which would be more stable?
(d) Which would be preferred conformation at equilibrium?
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