One of the chair conformers of cis-1,3-dimethylcyclohexane is 5.4 kcal/molkcal/mol (23 kJ/molkJ/mol) less stable than the other. How much steric strain does a 1,3-diaxial interaction between two methyl groups introduce into the conformer?

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One of the chair conformers of cis-1,3-dimethylcyclohexane is 5.4 kcal/molkcal/mol (23 kJ/molkJ/mol) less stable than the other. How much steric strain does a 1,3-diaxial interaction between two methyl groups introduce into the conformer?

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