Structure of Cyclohexane

This is the structure of chair cyclohexane. The Carbons are yellow. Notice that there are two types of hydrogens.

The axial hydrogens are green and the equatorial hydrogens are blue.

You can rotate the molecule around to look at different views and you can flip the ring. Notice that the equatorial and axial protons are different. To see the original hit the reset button.








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