This compound was initially synthesized via a Dieckmann condensation of pimelic acid followed by complete reduction of the product. It is typically produced by incubating benzene with a rhodium catalyst or under very acidic conditions at high temperatures, resulting in complete hydrogenation of the benzene ring and thus production of this compound. Its substituents are deemed axial or equatorial depending on position relative to the plane, and steric hindrance is minimized in its partially twisted chair conformation, as opposed to the boat isomer. For 10 points identify this saturated hydrocarbon, a cycloalkane which consists of a ring of six carbons with formula C6H12.
This compound was initially synthesized via a Dieckmann condensation of pimelic acid followed by complete reduction of the product. It is typically produced by incubating benzene with a rhodium catalyst or under very acidic conditions at high temperatures, resulting in complete hydrogenation of the benzene ring and thus production of this compound. Its substituents are deemed axial or equatorial depending on position relative to the plane, and steric hindrance is minimized in its partially twisted chair conformation, as opposed to the boat isomer. For 10 points identify this saturated hydrocarbon, a cycloalkane which consists of a ring of six carbons with formula C6H12.
This compound was initially synthesized via a Dieckmann condensation of pimelic acid followed by complete reduction of the product.
cyclohexane [accept cyclohexanone before “complete” in first sentence]