Thorpe-Ingold effect

English

Etymology

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

Noun

Thorpe-Ingold effect (plural Thorpe-Ingold effects)

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

Further reading

• Thorpe-Ingold effect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia