Axial and Equatorial Bonds

Key Questions

• Why do axial bonds alternate up and down around the ring?

  It is a stability concern. If every substituent on a chair conformation cyclohexane was axial upwards, there would be clutter and steric strain. It is not as energetically favorable as alternating axial bonds up and down.

  Truong-Son N. · 1 · May 8 2015

• Why do axial bonds alternate up and down around the ring?
• What are the axial and equatorial bonds in cyclohexane?
• Why are equatorial bonds perfectly parallel to ring bonds?
• How can I draw axial and equatorial bonds in glucose?
• How can I draw the axial and equatorial bonds in a cycloctane?
• How can I draw 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane with all the chloro groups in equatorial positions?
• How can I draw 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane with all the chloro groups in axial positions?