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Draw a chair conformation of 1,4-dimethylcyclohexane in which one methyl group is equatorial and the other
  is axial. Draw the alternative chair conformation and calculate the ratio of the two conformations at 25 C.

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Each chair conformation has diaxial interactions between the circled axial methyl group and circled axial
hydrogen atoms. Because each chair has the same number of diaxial interactions, they are of the same energy.
The ratio of these two conformations must therefore be 1:1.

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