Reaction Mechanisms And Kinetics 1-24
23 entries in the Reaction Mechanisms And Kinetics compendium.
IsomerizationProcess transforming molecules into isomers with different structures.Leaving groupFragment that departs with an electron pair in heterolytic cleavage.Organic reactionChemical reactions involving organic compounds for synthesis and production.Organic synthesisBranch of chemical synthesis building organic compounds from simpler precursors.Pericyclic reactionPericyclic reactions proceed via a cyclic, concerted transition state.PyrolysisThermal decomposition of organic matter without oxygen.Rate-determining stepThe slowest step that governs overall reaction rate.Reaction coordinateAbstract coordinate representing progress along a reaction pathway.Reaction intermediateMolecular entity formed and consumed in a stepwise chemical reaction.Reaction mechanismTheoretical sequence of steps describing a chemical reaction.Rearrangement reactionOrganic reactions involving change of connectivity within a molecule.RedoxChemical reactions where oxidation states change via electron or atom transfer.Resonance (chemistry)A bonding description using averaged contributing structures.Retrosynthetic analysisA technique for planning organic syntheses via structural simplification.Reversible reactionA reaction where forward and reverse conversions occur simultaneously.SN1 reactionA substitution reaction with a unimolecular rate-determining step.SN2 reactionConcerted nucleophilic substitution with inversion at carbon.SNiA nucleophilic substitution mechanism retaining stereochemical configuration.Transition stateHighest-energy configuration along a reaction coordinate.Transition state theoryTheory explaining reaction rates via activated complexes.Substitution reactionA reaction replacing one functional group with another.Ring flipRing flip interconverts cyclic conformers, exchanging axial and equatorial positions.RotamerRotamers are conformers differing by single-bond rotation.
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