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Title: About 1,4-di-t-butylcyclohexane
Post by: ATPenergy on July 15, 2009, 12:27:46 PM

Why 1,4-di-t-butylcyclohexane prefer twist boat than chair conformation ?

Title: Re: About 1,4-di-t-butylcyclohexane
Post by: azmanam on July 15, 2009, 12:46:57 PM

i would suspect only syn 1,4-di-tbutylcyclohexane would be a twist boat, yes? anti should be fine as a chair.  try drawing them both out and see what happens