Re: TOJC chapter four

kullnaja@PLU.edu
Tue, 01 Oct 1996 15:02:24 -0800 (PST)

Torsional strain is the strain associated with an eclipsed conformation
of a molecule and is caused by repulsions between the aligned electron
pairs of the eclipsed bonds. I'm not sure if that helps or not.
Jon

On Mon, 30 Sep 1996 cudneyee@PLU.edu wrote:

>
> I was wondering if anybody could give me a definition of torsional
> strain.
>
> I am also having trouble understanding exactly how the van der Waals
> repulsion intersction work. If there is any one who could explain it to
> me again i would really appreciate it.
>
> Thanks,
> Cudneyee@plu.edu
>