Bonus

The lack of destabilizing flagpole interactions in this conformation makes it more stable than the boat conformation. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this conformation. Axial groups are converted to equatorial groups during a “flipping” which interconverts between two forms of this conformation.
ANSWER: chair conformation [accept chair flipping]
[10m] This alkane is more stable in its chair conformation than its boat conformation. This cyclic molecule is produced industrially from the complete hydrogenation of benzene.
ANSWER: cyclohexane [prompt on C6H12; reject “cyclohexene”]
[10e] Cyclohexane’s chair and boat forms exemplify the “conformational” type of these molecules. The “structural” form of these molecules have the same atoms but different chemical structures.
ANSWER: isomers [accept structural isomers or conformational isomers; accept word forms like isomerism]
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EditionsHeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
21018.0080%60%40%

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Conversion

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Boston College AVermont B10101030HME
Brown BAmherst A0000
Dartmouth AWilliams B001010E
Dartmouth BBrown A10101030HME
Maryland AGeorge Mason A10101030HME
McMaster AToronto B10101030HME
Rutgers AMaryland C001010E
Sheffield BEdinburgh A0101020ME
UC Santa BarbaraClaremont A0000
Vanderbilt AChipola College0101020ME

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
UK (North)UKY120.00100%100%0%
Southern CaliforniaUSY10.000%0%0%
Eastern Canada (2)USY130.00100%100%100%
Upper Mid-AtlanticUSY220.00100%50%50%
NortheastUSY417.5075%50%50%
SoutheastUSY120.00100%100%0%