steric effect

what is steric effect?

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virang1 Jhaveri ·

Steric effects arise from the fact that each atom within a molecule occupies a certain amount of space. If atoms are brought too close together, there is an associated cost in energy due to overlapping electron clouds (Pauli or Born repulsion), and this may affect the molecule's preferred shape (conformation) and reactivity.

This is called Steric effect

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JOHNCENA IS BACK ·

what role steric effect plays in insolubility of tertiary amines.

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JOHNCENA IS BACK ·

manish sir,please reply.

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JOHNCENA IS BACK ·

manish sir reply

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Manish Shankar ·

Tertiary amine being crowded by alkyl groups will have difficulty in forming hydrogen bonding with water

so they less soluble

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