What is the 3D structural diagram for cycloheptane?
1 Answer
Dec 23, 2016
It's something like a cyclohexane chair with a wide footrest.
Explanation:
As you might expect, the ring is not planar, because the internal angles would be 128.6°.
That is so far from the tetrahedral bond angle of 109.5 ° that the ring puckers (just like cyclohexane) to remove the strain.
The 3D structure looks something like a cyclohexane chair with a wide footrest.
I have omitted the H atoms in the above diagram so you can see more clearly the 3D structure of the carbon skeleton.
