Introduction to Strain

Strains

can also occur when bond lengths are forced to become shorter or longer than normal.

Chemicals

have an optimal structure- if you disturb the optimal structure you put a strain on the system.

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.

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.

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.