Consider the molecule trans-1-ethyl-2-methylcyclohexane. What can you say about the most stable form of this molecule? The ethyl is axial and the methyl is equatorial The methyl is axial and the ethyl is equatorial Both substituents are axial Both substituents are equatorial

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Consider the molecule
trans-1-ethyl-2-methylcyclohexane.
What can you say about the most stable form of this molecule?
O The ethyl is axial and the methyl is equatorial
O The methyl is axial and the ethyl is equatorial
Both substituents are axial
Both substituents are equatorial
Transcribed Image Text:Consider the molecule trans-1-ethyl-2-methylcyclohexane. What can you say about the most stable form of this molecule? O The ethyl is axial and the methyl is equatorial O The methyl is axial and the ethyl is equatorial Both substituents are axial Both substituents are equatorial
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