# Thorpe-Ingold effect

> English word · Noun

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

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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