is it possible to have a cis-1-tert-butyl-2-methylcyclohexane that is equitorial for both substitutents? I would think that the tert group would need to be equitorial, while the methyl would be axial, since cis cannot have two equitorials directly next to one another, but am I wrong? I'm confused.

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is it possible to have a cis-1-tert-butyl-2-methylcyclohexane that is equitorial for both substitutents? I would think that the tert group would need to be equitorial, while the methyl would be axial, since cis cannot have two equitorials directly next to one another, but am I wrong? I'm confused. 

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