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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conformation

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

The spatial arrangements of atoms affording distinction between stereoisomers which can be interconverted by rotation about formally single bonds. Some authorities extend the term to include ...

conjugate acid-base pair

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

The Brønsted acid BH + formed on protonation of a base B is called the conjugate acid of B, and B is the conjugate base of BH + . (The conjugate acid always carries one unit of positive charge more ...

conjugated system

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

In the original meaning a conjugated system is a molecular entity whose structure may be represented as a system of alternating single and multiple bonds: e.g. CH 2 =CH=CH=CH 2 CH 2 ...

connectivity

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

In a chemical context, the information content of a line formula, but omitting any indication of bond multiplicity.

constitution

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

The description of the identity and connectivity (and corresponding bond multiplicities) of the atoms in a molecular entity (omitting any distinction from their spatial arrangement).

contributing structure

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

The definition is based on the valence-bond formulation of the quantum mechanical idea of the wavefunction of a molecule as composed of a linear combination of wavefunctions, each representative of a ...

coordination

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

The formation of a covalent bond, the two shared electrons of which have come from only one of the two parts of the molecular entity linked by it, as in the reaction of a Lewis acid and a Lewis base ...