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What is stearic hindrance?

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What is stearic hindrance?
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Tanuja Biswas 8 years ago

In a molecule, when different groups are attached in 3d space, they are oriented in different directions. Imagine on a football( the central atom), u paste different sized small balls( attached groups) at different locations on the football. Then if another balls comes to attack at the "football", there will be an hindrance in doing so from that location where a small ball is pasted. This type of hindrance faced by attacking reagents on attacking a specific molecule in a 3d space is called steric(means in space) hindrance. On molecular level, steric hindrance not only comes due to physical presence of groups but also due to the repulsion these groups offer.?
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