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Grade 12th passOrganic Chemistry

why larger rings are difficult to synthesis though they are fairly stable

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9 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer9 Years ago
The main reason:
that the ends of the rings would nott negotiate in forming links to each other to make a bond and therfore the Entropy factor also get decreases with increasing chain length as it goes bulkier.