Open AccessDrawing Methods for Lowest Energy Boat and Pentane Conformations
Author(s) -
Syed R. Hussaini,
Jim Secka
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of advances in education research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2519-7010
pISSN - 2519-7002
DOI - 10.22606/jaer.2021.61001
Subject(s) - pentane , cyclohexane , chemistry , energy (signal processing) , computational chemistry , organic chemistry , mathematics , statistics
Pentane and boat conformations help predict and understand the stereochemical outcome of several chemical reactions. This report presents two methods that teach the processes of drawing the lowest energy boat conformations and pentane conformations. Both techniques use cyclohexane drawings that students learn in undergraduate organic chemistry courses. We provide step-by-step instructions for both techniques and show that implementing these methods results in improved student performance in questions related to boat and pentane conformations.