Equatorial groups, cyclohexane

Comparative Fequatorial groups in cyclohexane derivatives (and steroids) are more strongly retained than axial derivatives... 

On a model you can see that equatorial groups point out, toward an imaginary equator circling the cyclohexane molecule.)... 

Ring inversion in methylcyclohexane differs from that of cyclohexane m that the two chair conformations are not equivalent In one chair the methyl group is axial m the other It IS equatorial At room temperature approximately 95% of the molecules of methylcyclohexane are m the chair conformation that has an equatorial methyl group whereas only 5% of the molecules have an axial methyl group... 

The most stable conformation of trans 1 4 dimethylcyclohexane has both methyl groups in equatorial orientations The two chair conformations of trans 1 4 dimethyl cyclohexane are not equivalent to each other One has two equatorial methyl groups the other two axial methyl groups... 

Both methyl groups are equatorial m the most stable conformation of trans 1 2 dimethyl cyclohexane... 

If a disubstituted cyclohexane has two different substituents then the most stable conformation is the chair that has the larger substituent m an equatorial orientation This IS most apparent when one of the substituents is a bulky group such as tert butyl Thus the most stable conformation of cis 1 tert butyl 2 methylcyclohexane has an equatorial tert butyl group and an axial methyl group... 

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. 

Use molecular models to compare —C=CH, —CH=CH2, and —CH2CH3 with respect to their preference for an equatorial orientation when attached to a cyclohexane ring. One of these groups is very much different from the other two. Which one Why ... 

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