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The anomeric effect was a big help. Thanx a bunch!

Sorry, I guess that would make it 2-bromo then. Some of us in the class talked about it today. We figured that the lone pairs from Br and O would have the repulsions as you mentioned. Also, we considered the fact that the EN from the O and Br would better be dispersed in the axial position as...

1. In the chair conformation, why would 1-bromo-tetrahydropyran be more stable in the axial position, as opposed to the equitorial position? (Hint: consider how the bromo group affects the attached carbon and what the oxygen could do to alleviate that.) 2. No relevant equations 3...