gauche effect
English
Noun
gauche effect (plural gauche effects)Category:English lemmas#GAUCHEEFFECTCategory:English nouns#GAUCHEEFFECTCategory:English countable nouns#GAUCHEEFFECTCategory:English multiword terms#GAUCHEEFFECTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GAUCHEEFFECTCategory:Pages with entries#GAUCHE%20EFFECTCategory:Pages with 1 entry#GAUCHE%20EFFECT
- (chemistryCategory:en:Chemistry#GAUCHEEFFECT) An atypical situation where a gauche conformation (groups separated by a torsion angle of approximately 60°) is more stable than the anti conformation (180°).
Further reading
gauche effect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia