transannular strain

noun

In medium-sized ring compounds, the strain due to repulsive interactions between substituents attached to non-adjacent ring atoms.

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Meanings

nountransannular strain (countable and uncountable, plural transannular strains)

plural transannular strains

  1. countableuncountablechemistryIn medium-sized ring compounds, the strain due to repulsive interactions between substituents attached to non-adjacent ring atoms.
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