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Question #78cc1

Answer 1

Here's how I do it.

Explanation:

cis-1,3-diethylcyclohexane

Start with a basic cyclohexane chair.

cyclohexane

Draw the axial and equatorial bonds at atoms 1 and 3.

1,3-Cyclohexane

Insert ethyl groups at the two equatorial positions

1,3-Diequatorial

And we have our structure.

(`1R,3S`) -1-chloro-3methylcyclohexane

Draw an arbitrary structure with both groups on wedges and assign configurations.

cis-1,3

`"C-1"` is (`R`) and `"C-3"` is (`S`). Hey, I got them both right!

If any had been wrong, I would have interchanged the wedge and dash on that carbon.

Now we must draw the conformation.

This is also a cis-1,3-disubstituted cyclohexane, so we put the substituents in the equatorial positions.

1-chloro-3-methyl

Again, we have our structure.