Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Boat
conformation
:
A six-membered ring
conformation
in which atoms 1, 2, 4, and 5 are co
planar
, and atoms 3 and 6 are bent out of the plane in the same direction.
Boat
conformation
of
cyclohexane
.
An Egyptian boat. Note that the bow and stern (front and back ends) of the boat point in the same direction (both up).
Related terms:
Chair conformation
,
ring flip
,
axial
,
equatorial
,
axatorial
,
equial
,
ring strain
,
torsional strain
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