Question

What is the bond line notation for cyclohexane?

Answer 1

The bond line notation for cyclohexane is

The structural formula of cyclohexane is

If you remove all the C atoms and all the H atoms attached to C, the bond line structure becomes a regular hexagon.

Sometimes you have to show the chair and boat conformations of the cyclohexane ring. Then the bond line structures become

and

Here’s a video on drawing bond line structures.