Editing Cyclohexane conformation (section)

===Twist-boat to twist-boat===
The boat conformation ('''C''', below) is a transition state, allowing the interconversion between two different twist-boat conformations. While the boat conformation is not ''necessary'' for interconversion between the two chair conformations of cyclohexane, it is often included in the [[reaction coordinate|reaction coordinate diagram]] used to describe this interconversion because its energy is considerably lower than that of the half-chair, so any molecule with enough energy to go from twist-boat to chair also has enough energy to go from twist-boat to boat. Thus, there are multiple pathways by which a molecule of cyclohexane in the twist-boat conformation can achieve the chair conformation again.

:[[File:Cyclohexane ring flip and relative conformation energies.svg|center|thumb|550x550px|Conformations: chair ('''A'''), twist-boat ('''B'''), boat ('''C''') and half-chair ('''D'''). Energies are {{cvt|43|kJ/mol|kcal/mol|0}}, {{cvt|25|kJ/mol|kcal/mol|0}} and {{cvt|21|kJ/mol|kcal/mol|0}}.<ref name=":0" />]]