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Grade 11Organic Chemistry

What is steric effect explain well so that I could understand

Profile image of Vivek kumar
9 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Nishant Vora
9 Years ago
Dear student,

Steric effect is the fact that rate or product in chemistry is determined by the fact that molecule occupies space.If one molecule is large/bulky it creates steric hindrace during the reaction and the product so formed will be different


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