At 10:58Â of this video Melissa shows you how to tell what is going up or down using her arrow trick. If you were to draw an arrow away from the chair so in the direction of the substituent this will tell you if it is up or down. Use the drawn model under both together as a template of where the typical points and drawings look like.Â
I also recommend watching the below video for more practice, it will help you understand this a lot more!Â

Practice Problem: Drawing t...
Replied on Lesson: Cyclohexane Chair Conformations
28 Jan 22:54
This goes back to the template shown at 10:58Â under the both together text. Think of this as your template of all the possible equatorial and axial positions. Then looking at the given cyclohexane you look at the attached substituents, you also number the chain and apply this to the chair.Â
There are multiple possibilities but remember the one with the most equatorial positions is the best and if there is a tie then pick the one that has the bulkier group in the equatorial position.Â
There's another example of this in the below video it's question 3 at timestamp 14:34.
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