Advices For Studying Organic Chemistry

H

H

H

H
cis-Decalin trans-Decalin

2) cis-Decalin boils at 195°C (at 760 torr) and trans-decalin boils at 185.5°C (at

760 torr).

2. Adamantane: a tricyclic system contains cyclohexane rings, all of which are in
   the chair form.

H

H

H

H

H H

H H

H

H H H

H H H

H

Adamantane

3. Diamond:

1) The great hardness of diamond results from the fact that the entire diamond

crystal is actually one very large molecule.

2) There are other allotropic forms of carbon, including graphite, Wurzite carbon