Problem 3.26a Fill in the Blanks Part A of the above diagram depicts methylcyclohexane, and the part of the chair conformer in red shows one of the two 1,3-diaxial interactions between the axial methyl group and an axial H atom. This interaction creates 0.9kcal/mol of steric strain in this conformer. Compare the structure of the red part of the methylcyclohexane in both figures of part A with the gauche conformation of butane shown in the two figures of part B and predict the amount of steric strain present in the gauche conformation of butane. Part A of the above diagram depicts methylcyclohexane, and the part of the chair conformer in red shows one of the two 1,3-diaxial interactions between the axial methyl group and an axial H atom. This interaction creates 0.9kcal/mol of steric strain in this conformer. How much more steric strain exists in methylcyclohexane than in the gauche conformation of butane