Physical organic chemistry

Physical organic chemistry

Physical organic chemistry is the study of the interrelationships between structure and reactivity in organic molecules. It a part of organic chemistry by using tools of physical chemistry such as chemical equilibrium, chemical kinetics, thermochemistry, and quantum chemistry.

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Physical organic chemistry

elimination

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

The reverse of an addition reaction or transformation. In an elimination two groups (called eliminands) are lost most often from two different centers (1/2/elimination or 1/3/elimination, etc.) with ...

enantiomer

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

One of a pair of molecular entities which are mirror images of each other and non-superimposable.

encounter complex

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

A complex of molecular entities produced at an encounter-controlled rate, and which occurs as an intermediate in a reaction mechanism. When the complex is formed from two molecular entities it is ...

encounter-controlled rate

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

A rate of reaction corresponding to the rate of encounter of the reacting molecular entities. This is also known as "diffusion-controlled rate" since rates of encounter are themselves controlled by ...

energy of activation

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

E a (SI unit: kJ mol -1 ) An operationally defined quantity expressing the dependence of a rate constant on temperature according to E a = RT 2 (∂ ln k /∂T) p as derived from the "Arrhenius ...

Arrhenius energy of activation

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

E a (SI unit: kJ mol -1 ) An operationally defined quantity expressing the dependence of a rate constant on temperature according to E a = RT 2 (∂ ln k /∂T) p as derived from the "Arrhenius ...

activation energy

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

E a (SI unit: kJ mol -1 ) An operationally defined quantity expressing the dependence of a rate constant on temperature according to E a = RT 2 (∂ ln k /∂T) p as derived from the "Arrhenius ...