This MOVB Echinos (Greek sea urchin) model is applied to the problem of "angle strain". Contrary to common intuition, it is concluded that cyclopropane is strained relative to cyclohexane because, while overall bonding is stronger in cyclopropane, the amount of atomic excitation needed for bond ...
Cyclopropane is further destabilized by the torsional strain that results from having three eclipsed C―H bonds above the plane of the ring and three below.Read More molecular shape In chemical bonding: Applying VSEPR theory to simple molecules The angle between electron pairs in a tetrahedral ...