Abstract The cyclohexyl esters of a series of carboxylic acids, RCO 2 H, spanning a range of electronegativities and quotients of steric hindrance for the R substituent (R= Me, Et, iPr, tBu, CF 3, CH 2 Cl, CHCl 2, CCl 3, CH 2 Br, CHBr 2, and CBr 3) were prepared. Their conformational equilibria in CD 2 Cl 2 were examined by low-temperature 1 H NMR spectroscopy to study the axial or equatorial orientation of the ester functionality with ...