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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
autocatalytic reaction
Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry
A chemical reaction in which a product (or a reaction intermediate) also functions as catalyst. In such a reaction the observed rate of reaction is often found to increase with time from its initial ...
autoprotolysis
Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry
A proton (hydron) transfer reaction between two identical molecules (usually a solvent), one acting as a Brønsted acid and the other as a Brønsted base. For example: 2 H 2 O → H 3 O + + OH ...
autoprotolysis constant
Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry
The product of the activities (or, more approximately, concentrations) of the species produced as the result of autoprotolysis. For solvents in which no other ionization processes are significant the ...
Baldwin's rules
Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry
A set of empirical rules for certain formations of 3- to 7-membered rings. The predicted pathways are those in which the length and nature of the linking chain enables the terminal atoms to achieve ...
base
Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry
A chemical species or molecular entity having an available pair of electrons capable of forming a covalent bond with a hydron (proton) or with the vacant orbital of some other species.
basicity
Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry
For Brønsted bases it means the tendency of a compound to act as hydron (proton) acceptor. The basicity of a chemical species is normally expressed by the acidity of the conjugate acid. For Lewis ...
