Packet 4: Bonus 16
A-values represent the energetic penalty by swapping axial and equatorial positions on this structure. For 10 points each,
[10h] Name this structure that represents the most stable conformation of cyclohexane.
ANSWER: chair conformation
[10m] The Zimmerman-Traxler model predicts that a chair best represents this entity for the aldol reaction. These entities are local maxima on reaction-energy diagrams.
ANSWER: transition states
[10e] The 109.5 degree C-C bond angle in the chair conformation is identical to this geometry that shares its name with a platonic solid that has four vertices.
ANSWER: tetrahedral [accept tetrahedron]
<Science - Chemistry, Rohan Ganeshan> | VAULT II Packet 04
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 16.75 | 78% | 45% | 45% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 21.67 | 83% | 67% | 67% |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 6.67 | 67% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 20.00 | 80% | 40% | 80% |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 2 | 5.00 | 50% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 8.00 | 60% | 20% | 0% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 23.75 | 88% | 75% | 75% |