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Chemistry 121, Winter 2008, LA Tech
Boat conformations of cyclohexane
A puckered conformation in which carbons 1 and 4 are bent toward each other
•a boat conformation is less stable than a chair conformation by 6.5 kcal (27 kJ)/mol
•torsional strain is created by four sets of eclipsed hydrogen interactions
•steric strain (nonbonded interaction strain) is created by one set of flagpole interactions