Computer Images Illustrating Types of Strain in Cycloalkanes

("Ring Strain")

• Cyclopropane contour plot showing bent bonds
• Cyclopropane space-filling model
• Cyclopropane ball and stick model showing eclipsed bond
• Cyclopentane ball and stick models showing eclipsed bond
• Cyclopentane contour plot showing straight (normal) bonds
• Cyclopentane spacefilling model
• Cyclohexane chair conformation, ball and stick model side view
• Cyclohexane chair conformation, ball and stick model, end view showing staggered bonds
• Cyclohexane chair conformation, ball and stick model top view
• Cyclohexane chair conformation, space-filling model
• Cyclohexane chair conformation, ball and stick model with equatorial and axial hydrogens color coded
• Cyclohexane boat conformation, ball and stick models
• Cyclohexane boat conformation, space-filling model
• Cyclohexane twist conformation
• Cyclohexane half-chair conformation
• Cyclohexane ring flipping
• Methylcyclohexane with methyl goup axial
• Methylcyclohexane with methyl group equatorial
• Methylcyclohexane with methyl group axial, space-filling model
• cis-1,2-Dimethylcyclohexane
• trans-1,2-Dimethylcyclohexane
• cis-1,3-Dimethylcyclohexane
• trans-1,3-Dimethylcyclohexane
• cis-1,4-Dimethylcyclohexane
• trans-1,4-Dimethylcyclohexane
• Cyclooctane chair conformation

Most of these images were prepared using HyperChem Lite (Hypercube, Inc.) and converted to GIF format using MicroSoft Photoeditor. I