What does "half-chair" mean?

An arrangement of atoms in a cyclohexane ring molecule similar to but less stable than the chair arrangement, differing from it by being flattened at one end.

Half-chair

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An arrangement of atoms in a cyclohexane ring molecule similar to but less stable than the chair arrangement, differing from it by being flattened at one end.

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