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What is a chair conformation in organic chemistry?

Answer 1

Chair conformation is a structure of six carbon ring compounds like cyclohexane.

Because of rotation around the axis of a single bond, sp3 hybridized six carbon rings of the cyclohexane kind exist in two conformations: chair and boat.

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Answer 2

Sarah Angotti

A chair conformation is a specific arrangement of atoms in a cyclohexane ring, commonly used to describe the most stable form of the molecule. In this conformation, the carbon atoms of the cyclohexane ring adopt a shape resembling the seat and back of a chair, with alternating axial and equatorial positions for substituents. This arrangement minimizes steric hindrance and strain, making it energetically favorable.

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