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Title: Help with chair representation of cyclohexane?
Post by: user5433 on January 19, 2013, 10:57:15 PM

Hi I have this problem.  Thanks.

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Title: Re: Help with chair representation of cyclohexane?
Post by: Calicum on January 19, 2013, 11:00:57 PM

Your chair has both methly group going up, look closely.

Title: Re: Help with chair representation of cyclohexane?
Post by: user5433 on January 19, 2013, 11:19:09 PM

Quote from: Calicum on January 19, 2013, 11:00:57 PM

Your chair has both methly group going up, look closely.

Oh I understand.  It has to do with Cis-Trans.  The representation on the left is trans while the other is cis.