BAEYER STRAIN THEORY


Meaning of BAEYER STRAIN THEORY in English

bā(y)ə(r)- noun

Usage: usually capitalized B

Etymology: after Adolf von Baeyer died 1917 German chemist

: a theory in chemistry: the four valences of carbon are normally directed symmetrically in space making angles of 109° 28′ with one another and deflection of these directions produces strain in the molecule (as in the formation of rings)

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