Answer
The green and red atoms are in the axial conformation and the blue atom is in the equatorial conformation. When the ring is flipped, it is vice versa.
Work Step by Step
The original molecule and its ring flipped are shown:
Organic Chemistry 9th Edition
by McMurry, John E.
Published by
Brooks Cole
ISBN 10:
1305080483
ISBN 13:
978-1-30508-048-5
Chapter 4 - Organic Compounds: Cycloalkanes and Their Stereochemistry - Exercises - Page 114a: 24
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