Key Terms

  • alicyclic
  • angle strain
  • axial position (cyclohexane)
  • boat cyclohexane
  • Bridgehead atom
  • chair conformation
  • cis–trans isomers
  • conformational analysis
  • cycloalkanes
  • 1,3-diaxial interaction
  • Equatorial position (cyclohexane)
  • polycyclic molecule
  • ring-flip (cyclohexane)
  • stereoisomer
  • steric strain
  • torsional strain
  • twist-boat conformation

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