Answer:
Axial
Explanation:
In the most stable conformation of Cis-3-tert-Butylcyclohexanol, the tert-butyl group is at equatorial position and the alcohol group is in the axial position.
If the tert-butyl group is placed in equatorial position, repulsions are minimized. The bulkier the group, the greater the energy difference between the axial and equatorial conformers. Hence for a ring having a bulky substituent, such bulky substituent is better placed in the equatorial position.
The energy difference between the conformers of Cis-3-tert-Butylcyclohexanol is so high that the compound is almost "frozen" in a conformation where the tert-butyl groups are equatorial and the -OH groups are axial. This conformer is more stable by 24 KJ/mol.
Cis-3-tert-Butylcyclohexanol has the molecular formula of [tex](\rm C_{10}H_{20}O)[/tex]. The alcohol group in the compound is found at the axial position.
In the compound Cis-3-tert-Butylcyclohexanol alcohol is the functional group present at the axial position and tert-butyl group at the equatorial position of the compound.
Tert-butyl group at the equatorial position minimizes the repulsive forces and are bulky groups, the position of the bulkier groups at the equatorial positions are better as the energy differences will be large.
The difference in the energy of the conformers of the compound is high and the conformation of the compound remains as it is.
Therefore, tert-butyl groups are at equatorial and the alcohol groups are at axial.
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