Drawing Chair Conformations The chair conformation is used so frequently that you should become comfortable with drawing

them. The most important feature of chair conformations is that they consist of three sets of parallel C-C bonds. Begin by drawing the six C-C bonds that comprise the skeleton of the chair:

Figure %: Drawing the chair skeleton Drawing the equatorial bonds in the correct orientations is probably the trickiest part of the process. A useful rule to remember is that each equatorial bond is parallel to one set of C-C bonds you have already drawn. The parallel C-C bonds are the ones that the current carbon is not attached to:

Figure %: Drawing equatorial bonds on the chair skeleton Finally, fill in the axial bonds, which are just lines going up and down.

Figure %: The complete chair structure with axial bonds