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Bond angle of cyclohexane

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Carbon atoms like to form bond angles of 109.5 degrees. This bond angle keeps the carbon atoms as close as possible without them interfering with each other. But if cyclohexane were in a flat hexagon, the bond angle would be 120 degrees.

Answer: 109.5 degrees
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