Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Ring flip (
chair
flip):
The conversion of one
cyclohexane
chair conformation
into another, by
rotation
around
single bonds
.
Cyclohexane
ring flip causes
axial
substituents
to become
equatorial
, and
equatorial
substituents
to become
axial
.
Related terms:
Axatorial
,
equial
,
Newman projection
,
barrier to rotation
,
ring strain
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