Question

How can I draw a Newman projection of the cyclohexane ring?

Answer 1

Well, you can't draw it on this editor.........

Explanation:

But you can make a model........

The model should inform your drawing. It is hard to think in three-dimensions. You know that each carbon on the ring has 2 substituents, which can be `"axial"` and `"equatorial"` with respect to the plane of the ring.

Such a treatment is termed `"conformational analysis"`, and bulky axial substitution tends to be disfavoured. We note that the axial and equatorial substituents of a cyclohexyl ring can be interchanged by a simple ring-flip.......the conformational isomer that is energetically preferred is the one that assigns the bulkier substituents to equatorial positions.......