Organic Chemistry
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Author: John E. McMurry
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Chapter 4.SE, Problem 24VC
A trisubstituted cyclohexane with three substituents-red, green, and blue-undergoes a ring-flip to its alternate chair conformation. Identify each substituent as axial or equatorial, and show the positions occupied by the three substituents in the ring-flipped form.
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