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How do you name chair conformations?

Answer 1

Just like you would name a cyclohexane. Convert the chair conformation to the ring conformation. It should make things easier

It does not matter if it is axial or equatorial up; if something is up, it would be on a bold wedge on the hexans ring; if something is down, it should be on a dash.

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Answer 2

Paisley Boney

Chair conformations are named based on the orientation of substituents on the cyclohexane ring. The axial substituents are perpendicular to the plane of the ring and point upward or downward, while equatorial substituents are in the plane of the ring and extend outward. The chair conformation is named according to the relative positions of the largest two groups, with the larger group usually being equatorial for stability reasons.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.