________ can also occur when bond lengths are forced to become shorter or longer than normal.
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Chemicals
________ have an optimal structure- if you disturb the optimal structure you put a strain on the system.
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Gauche
________ conformation: a conformation about a single bond of an alkane in which 2 groups on adjacent carbons lie at a dihedral angle of 60.
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Alkanes
________ of 2 or more carbons can be twisted into different 3D arrangements of their atoms by rotating around one or more carbon- carbon bonds.
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Strain
________: a measure of the energy stored in a compound due to a structural distortion; an instability within a structure associated with high internal energy.