{"id":8174,"date":"2014-05-14T11:55:29","date_gmt":"2014-05-14T15:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.masterorganicchemistry.com\/?p=8174"},"modified":"2025-09-26T10:31:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T15:31:33","slug":"an-aerial-tour-of-the-cyclohexane-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.masterorganicchemistry.com\/2014\/05\/14\/an-aerial-tour-of-the-cyclohexane-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclohexane Chair Conformation: An Aerial Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Fly-by Of The Cyclohexane Chair Conformation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sometimes words just don’t do the job, so I built a model of the cyclohexane chair and took a whole bunch of videos and pictures of it to help you get the picture.<\/p>\n

\"summary-aerial<\/a><\/p>\n

Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. A Seven-Second Video Tour Of The Cyclohexane Chair<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. It’s Only A Hexagon If You Look At It From The Top<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. A Side View Of The Cyclohexane Chair Reveals That All C\u2013C Bonds Are Perfectly Staggered<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. A Newman Projection Of The Cyclohexane Chair<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. The “Classic View” of The Cyclohexane Chair<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Groups Pointing Straight Up And Straight Down Are In The “Axial” Position<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Groups Pointing Off To The Side Are In The “Equatorial” Position<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Important Point: Equatorial Groups Can Be Either “Up” Or “Down”<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. Mapping out “Axial Up”, “Axial Down”, “Equatorial Up” and “Equatorial Down” On A Cyclohexane Chair<\/a><\/li>\n
  10. Notes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    <\/a>1. A Seven-Second Video Tour Of The Cyclohexane Chair<\/h2>\n