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while for some compounds steric effect increases basic charecter while for other it increases acidic charecter.how is it possible?

while for some compounds steric effect increases basic charecter while for other it increases acidic charecter.how is it possible?

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Vikas TU
14149 Points
4 years ago
Acidity and basicity depend on the interaction between the acid/base and the solvent. While steric hindrance will decrease the rate solvent access, it more importantly also decreases solvation of the acidic or basic site

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