Van der Waals strain

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have new messages (last change).

In chemistry van der Waals strain is strain resulting from van der Waals repulsion when two substituents in a molecule approach each other with a distance less than the sum of their van der Waals radii. Van der Waals strain is also called van der Waals repulsion and related to steric hindrance.[1] One of the most common forms of this strain is eclipsing hydrogen, in Alkanes.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Organic chemistry 4th. Ed., Morrison and Boyd ISBN 0-205-05838-8
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../v/a/n/Van_der_Waals_strain_f3d4.html"