How to Draw Chair Conformations?

Draw a six-membered ring as a zigzag hexagon

Place one carbon at the left front and one at the right front

Draw the two front carbons slightly lower than the two back carbons

Connect the carbons with alternating up and down bonds to form a chair shape

Make one side of the ring look like a raised armrest and the opposite side look like a lowered seat

Keep all bond angles approximately tetrahedral

Add substituents in axial or equatorial positions as needed

Draw axial bonds vertically up or down from each carbon

Draw equatorial bonds outward and slightly slanted from each carbon

Check that adjacent axial positions alternate up and down

Check that adjacent equatorial positions alternate opposite directions

For the flipped chair, reverse all axial and equatorial positions

Redraw the same ring with the opposite carbons raised and lowered

Keep the connectivity the same during the flip

Place substituents in the corresponding flipped positions

Verify that the chair is not flat and does not contain planar angles

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