Question 4.2: Drawing the Chair Conformation of a Substituted Cyclohexane ...

Drawing the Chair Conformation of a Substituted Cyclohexane

Draw 1,1-dimethylcyclohexane in a chair conformation, indicating which methyl group in your drawing is axial and which is equatorial.

Strategy
Draw a chair cyclohexane ring using the procedure in Figure 4.10, and then put two methyl groups on the same carbon. The methyl group in the rough plane of the ring is equatorial, and the one directly above or below the ring is axial.