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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acidity function

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

Any function that measures the thermodynamic hydron-donating or -accepting ability of a solvent system, or a closely related thermodynamic property, such as the tendency of the lyate ion of the ...

activated complex

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

An activated complex, often characterized by the superscript † , is defined as that assembly of atoms which corresponds to an arbitrary infinitesimally small region at or near the col (saddle point) ...

addition

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

(1) Refers to addition reaction or addition transformation. (2) Loosely, the formation of an adduct. (For an example, see Lewis acid.) (3) Loosely, any association or attachment.

addition reaction

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

A chemical reaction of two or more reacting molecular entities, resulting in a single reaction product containing all atoms of all components, with formation of two chemical bonds and a net reduction ...

additivity principle

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

The hypothesis that each of several structural features of a molecular entity makes a separate and additive contribution to a property of the substance concerned. More specifically, it is the ...

adduct

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

A new chemical species AB, each molecular entity of which is formed by direct combination of two separate molecular entities A and B in such a way that there is change in connectivity, but no loss, ...

agostic

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

The term designates structures in which a hydrogen atom is bonded to both a carbon atom and a metal atom. The term is also used to characterize the interaction between a CH bond and an unsaturated ...