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Thorpe-Ingold effect

Thorpe-Ingold effect noun: the phenomenon in which increasing steric hindrance favours ring closure and intramolecular reactions.

Noun

Thorpe-Ingold effect (plural Thorpe-Ingold effects)

  1. The phenomenon in which increasing steric hindrance favours ring closure and intramolecular reactions.

Forms of Thorpe-Ingold effect

pluralThorpe-Ingold effects

Origin of Thorpe-Ingold effect

Named after Jocelyn Field Thorpe and Christopher Kelk Ingold who reported the effect along with Richard Moore Beesley in 1915.

Questions about Thorpe-Ingold effect

What does Thorpe-Ingold effect mean?
Thorpe-Ingold effect means the phenomenon in which increasing steric hindrance favours ring closure and intramolecular reactions.
What part of speech is Thorpe-Ingold effect?
Thorpe-Ingold effect is a noun.
What is the plural of Thorpe-Ingold effect?
The plural of Thorpe-Ingold effect is Thorpe-Ingold effects.

Words near Thorpe-Ingold effect in the dictionary

  1. Thorpe St Andrew
  2. Thorpe St Peter
  3. Thorpe Thewles
  4. Thorpe Tilney
  5. Thorpe Waterville
  6. Thorpe-Ingold effect
  7. Thorpe-Ingold effects
  8. Thorpe-le-Soken
  9. Thorpeness
  10. thorpes
  11. Thorpey

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