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Chapter 11: Problem 6

Draw skeletal structures of the boat and chair forms of cyclohexane.

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The chair form of cyclohexane resembles a zig-zag structure resembling a reclining chair, while the boat form of cyclohexane resembles a boat.

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01

Drawing Chair Cyclohexane

Draw a horizontal line. From the ends of this line, draw two more lines angled upwards and outwards, and again two more lines angled downwards from the outer points of the previous ones. This should create a zig-zag shape. Now we add a line below the last right line, representing one hydrogen, and draw another line above the next right line. An alternating structure of above and below lines should be followed to represent the remaining hydrogen atoms. By doing so, we have drawn a chair conformation of cyclohexane.
02

Drawing Boat Cyclohexane

Start with a parallelogram, then draw two lines from opposite corners of the parallelogram, one up, the other down. The lines we just drew represent the 'ends' of the boat. Next, add a line above the upward line - it represents one hydrogen, and draw another line below the upward line - it represents another hydrogen. With this, we get a boat form of cyclohexane. The remaining lines indicating hydrogen atoms are added following an alternating pattern of above and below lines.

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