Strain due to a departure in bond
angle from 'normal' values. The term is often used in the context of non-aromatic cyclic compounds in which the internal angles differ from the regular tetrahedral
angle of ; in this sense
angle strain is also known as
Baeyer strain.
Source: PAC, 1996,
68, 2193. (
Basic terminology of stereochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 2198 [
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