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Angle Strain

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Angle strain is the increase in potential energy of a molecule due to bond angles deviating from the ideal values.

eg: Cyclopropane

Due to the rigidity of the cyclopropane ring it could assume only one conformation, namely the planar conformation.

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Each carbon atom in the cyclopropane ring is tetracordinate. The ideal bond angle at a tetracordinate carbon atom is 109.5º. In the planar cyclopropane ring the internal bond angle at each carbon atom is 60º. Consequently, the cyclopropane ring suffers from angle strain.


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