Baeyer strain theory
Baeyer strain theory or strain theory explains specific
behaviour of chemical compounds in terms of bond angle strain.
It was proposed by Adolf von Baeyer in 1885 to account for the
unusual chemical reactivity in ring-opening reactions of
cyclopropanes and cyclobutanes where this angle strain is
relieved.
On ring strain he noted in 1885:
The four valences of the carbon atom act in the directions that
connect the center of a sphere with the corners of a tetrahedron
and that form an angle of 109 28' with each other. The direction of
the attraction can experience a deviation that will, however, cause
an increase in strain correlating with the degree of this
deviation...
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