Organic Chemistry 9th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305080483
ISBN 13: 978-1-30508-048-5

Chapter 4 - Organic Compounds: Cycloalkanes and Their Stereochemistry - Problem - Page 107: 16

Answer

There is very little energy difference between an axial and an equatorial cyano group

Work Step by Step

There is very little energy difference between an axial and an equatorial cyano group because the small linear cyano group takes up very little space and produces practically no 1,3-diaxial interactions.
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