Cyclohexane Ring Flip and Boat Conformation

Cyclohexanes are most stable in the chair conformation. This requires a ring flip to interconvert between the 2 chair conformations, with some funky (boat) intermediates.

This video walks you through the ring flip and boat conformations both with a model kit as well as how to draw the ring flip and boat on paper.

(Watch on YouTube: Ring Flip. Click CC for the transcription.)

Links & Resources Mentioned In This Video

• Drawing Chair Conformations and Ring Flips for Cyclohexane Tutorial

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This is video 3 in the Chair Conformations Tutorial Series.

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