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Baeyer strain theory
Baeyer strain theory or strain theory explains specific behaviour of chemical compounds in terms of bond angle strain.
It was proposed by Adolf von Baeyer in 1885 to account for the unusual chemical reactivity in ring opening reactions of cyclopropanes and cyclobutanes where this angle strain is relieved.
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