Cylohexanol stability of conformations

[Chemist20]

There is an equilibrium between the conformer in which OH is axial and the conformer in which OH is equatorial.

axial - equatorial

in apolar solvents, the equilibrium is less displaced to the right than in polar solvents.


Any ideas?

I think it has to do with entropy but not sure how...

 

[chemisttree]

Think dipole moment.