Cyclohexanes couplings, from COSY

The CH fragment which is linked to the OH group (Sh = 5.45 ) can easily be located in the H and NMR spectra. The chemical shift values Sc =74.2 for C and Sh = 3.16 for //are read from the CH COSY plot. The H signal at S,i = 3.16 splits into a triplet (11.0 Hz) of doublets (4.0 Hz). The fact that an antiperiplanar coupling of 11 Hz appears twice indicates the diequatorial configuration (trans) of the two substituents on the cyclohexane ring 5. If the substituents were positioned equatorial-axial as in 4 or 5, then a synclinal coupling of ca 4 Hz would be observed two or three times. 

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