Organic Chemistry: Principles and Mechanisms (Second Edition)
Organic Chemistry: Principles and Mechanisms (Second Edition)
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ISBN: 9780393663556
Author: Joel Karty
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Chapter 14, Problem 14.9YT
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The bonds to the hydrogen atoms on the inside of the [18]annulene ring are to be drawn. Whether a significant ring strain will be present in [18]annulene is to be determined.

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An annulene is a monocyclic hydrocarbon with the maximum possible number of alternating single and double bonds. This means each ring carbon is bonded to only one hydrogen atom. Some of these hydrogen atoms are so oriented that they project inside the ring. If the ring is small or very large, the electron clouds of some of these internal hydrogen atoms tend to interfere with each other, producing a steric strain.

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