stability
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cara_Budzinski_3D
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stability
Is it more stable for there to be steric strain or torsional strain? Does it depend on the molecule?
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Re: stability
It would depend on the magnitude of the strains. In general, molecules will try to minimize strain energies so it will stable when the sum of the two strains is minimized.
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