Perspective drawings of Chair and Boat Conformers fo Cyclohexane (C6H12). Note it is impossible to place all the carbons in the same plane without straining the bonds. Take two opposite carbons and pull both of them up to make one conformation adn then pull one of them down to make the other conformation.  Can you inercovert one conformer int othe other without breaking any bonds? Explain why these represent conformers and not isomers.

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Perspective drawings of Chair and Boat Conformers fo Cyclohexane (C6H12). Note it is impossible to place all the carbons in the same plane without straining the bonds. Take two opposite carbons and pull both of them up to make one conformation adn then pull one of them down to make the other conformation. 

Can you inercovert one conformer int othe other without breaking any bonds?

Explain why these represent conformers and not isomers. 

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