One example of a 1,3-diaxial interaction is when there are two
axial methyl groups on the same side of a cyclohexane ring, called
a syn pentane interaction. For cis-1,3-dimethylcyclohexane, the
difference in energy between the two chair conformations is 5.3
kcal/mol. What is the energy value (in kcal/mol) of the
syn
pentane
interaction? Show your work, i.e. how you arrived at your
answer.
You will need to draw both chair conformations of the molecule
to properly answer the question. Chairs...