Chem 334 - Fall 2001
Organic Chemistry I

Dr. Carl C. Wamser

Chapter 3 Homework Answers

Carey, pages 120 - 125 :
Problems 3.15 - 29, 34 - 36


1. Although cis and trans should only be applied to disubstituted cycloalkanes, one stereoisomer could be unambiguously called all-cis-1,2,3-trimethylcyclohexane. Write both chair conformations and predict which is more stable. Do the same for the all-cis-1,2,4- and all-cis-1,3,5- isomers.