Answer
The green molecule, chlorine, is axial and it is less stable.
Work Step by Step
The chlorine has three diaxial steric strains whereas the equatorial conformation would not have any steric strain.
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 - Problem - Page 110: 19
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