g Draw the most stable chair conformation for each of the following compounds (a) Cis-1-ethyl-2-methyl cyclohexane (b) Trans-1-ethyl-2-methyl cyclohexane (c) Which one is more stable, a or b

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Explanation:

Image 1 is the chair conformation of trans-1-ethyl-2-methyl cyclohexane while image 2 is the chair conformation of Cis-1-ethyl-2-methyl cyclohexane.

Now let us look at the two structures closely. In the chair conformation, the more stable structure is the structure that has the bulky groups placed in the equatorial position.

Clearly, in trans-1-ethyl-2-methylcyclohexane, the ethyl and methyl groups are found to be in equatorial positions. Hence, trans-1-ethyl-2-methylcyclohexane is more stable in the chair conformation than cis-1-ethyl-2-methyl cyclohexane which has its methyl and ethyl groups in axial position.

nacl or sodium chloride is an ionic compound. this is because an ionic compound pertains to a compound that consists of positively and negatively charged ions. in this case, na (sodium) has a tendency to lose one electron when it reacts with with other atoms, so the resulting sodium ion contains 11 protons and 10 electrons, thus making it positively charged (na+), when chlorine reacts, it usually gains one electron to form an ion called chloride, thus making it negatively charged ( since the ions are oppositely charged, they attract.