Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Angle
strain
(
bond angle
strain
):
Strain
due to deviation from one or more ideal
bond angles
.
Cyclopropane
has
angle
strain
because its C-C-C
bond angles
are constrained to be 60
o
, which is less than 109.5
o
, the ideal
bond angle
for
tetrahedral carbon
.
Related terms:
Torsional strain
,
steric strain
,
ring strain
,
sp
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