 Bürgi-Dunitz angle (source code)

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= Bürgi-Dunitz angle
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The <Bürgi-Dunitz angle> describes the oblique approach of a nucleophile toward a carbonyl carbon, conventionally measured relative to C=O. A typical trajectory is near $107^\circ$, with the optimum depending on the system.

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