Steric Strain

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• What is steric strain in organic chemistry?
• Why is steric strain most evident in cyclic molecules?
• One of the two chair structures of cis-1-chloro-3- methylcyclohexane is more stable than the other by 3.7 kcal/mol. Which is it?
• What is the difference between steric and torsional strain?
• How can I draw d -glucose in its chair conformation? Why it is the most common aldohexose in nature?
• Are steric strain, van der Waals strain, and van der Waals repulsion the same?
• Why is D-glucose the most common aldohexose in nature?