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Conformers of trans-1,3-dichlorocyclohexane

The configuration shown here is (R,R). The (S,S) enantiomer has mirror image structures. The two structures shown here are the result of chair-chair interconversions, and they also happen to be identical (ie. superimposable). The spacefilling rendering shows how the axial (A) chlorine is crowded by the two axial hydrogens on the same side of the ring. The equatorial (E) chlorine is much less crowded.
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Virtual Textbook: Stereochemistry — Conformers of trans-1,3-dichlorocyclohexane, figure 1
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