“Why does cyclohexane have to be in a chair conformation? How do I know which carbon goes up or down?”
Learn this and more in video 1 of the chair conformation series. Learn how to recognize a chair, what it represents (with a model kit and on paper) and the nature of axial and equatorial substituents.
(Watch on YouTube: Chair Conformations. Click cc on the bottom right to view video transcription.)
Links & Resources Mentioned In This Video
- Get your own Organic Chemistry Model Kit
- Try the Chair Conformation Practice Quiz
–> Watch Next Video: Cyclohexane Chair to Double Newman Quiz Challenge Question
Check out the Drawing Chair Conformations & Ring Flips step-by-step Written Tutorial
This is video 1 in the Chair Conformations Tutorial Series.
After you've been through the tutorial, don't forget to test your understanding with the Chair Conformations Quiz!
Would a Model Kit help you? Watch How to Use Your Organic Chemistry Model Kit.
How do you know when you should put the substitutents axial or equatorial? Like when drawing the chair how are you suppose to know if it’s suppose to up and down first or to the side?
It was really helpful to understand and the demonstrating is also superb..thank you
hello my name is lisa. I watch the video and then attempted the quiz. I am having a hard time finding solutions to the chair conformation quiz
I’ve NEVER understood chair conformations until I watched this video. Now it makes a lot more sense! thank you so much!
Wonderful to hear, Nathan!! You’re welcome!