Answer to Question #298016 in Organic Chemistry for Nibedita Rudra

Question

Draw all possible conformations of 1,2-dimethylcyclohexane and compare their stabilities,

Answer 1

In cis-1,2-dimethylcyclohexane, one methyl group is axial and one methyl group is equatorial in both ring flip conformers, so neither conformer is more stable than the other.The trans-1,2-dimethylcyclohexane has the most stable conformer, so it is the more stable isomer.