ring reversal (ring inversion)

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.R05397
The interconversion by rotation about single bonds (coupled with @[email protected] deformation in the @[email protected]) of cyclic conformers having equivalent ring shapes (e.g. @[email protected] → @[email protected]) though not necessarily equivalent spatial positions of substituents (e.g. @[email protected] → @[email protected]).
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2193. (Basic terminology of stereochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 2217 [Terms] [Paper]