Preferred Label : eclipsing strain;
IUPAC definition : intramolecular strain present due to nonbonded interactions between two eclipsed atoms
or groups. It is, for example, one of the interactions responsible for the existence
of a rotational barrier and hence restricted rotation about the C–C bond in ethane.
It has also been called Pitzer strain, torsional strain and bond opposition strain.;
Origin ID : E01886;
See also
intramolecular strain present due to nonbonded interactions between two eclipsed atoms
or groups. It is, for example, one of the interactions responsible for the existence
of a rotational barrier and hence restricted rotation about the C–C bond in ethane.
It has also been called Pitzer strain, torsional strain and bond opposition strain.
