Ring strain

Ring strain is an organic chemistry term that describes the destabilization of a cyclic molecule?such as a cycloalkane?due to the non-favorable high energy spatial orientations of its atoms. Non-cyclic molecules do not exhibit ring strain because their terminal (end) atoms are not connected to force a particular type of spatial orientation.

Related Topics:
Organic chemistry - Molecule - Cycloalkane - Energy - Spatial orientations

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The ring strain is a combination of torsional strain and angle strain.

Related Topics:
Torsional strain - Angle strain

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