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

flash vacuum pyrolysis (FVP)

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

Thermal reaction of a molecule by exposing it to a short thermal shock at high temperature, usually in the gas phase.

fragmentation

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

(1) The heterolytic cleavage of a molecule according to the general reaction a-b-c-d-X → (a-b) + + c=d + X - where a-b is an electrofuge and X is a nucleofuge (which may emerge from the ...

frontier orbitals

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

The Highest-energy Occupied Molecular Orbital (HOMO) (filled or partly filled) and Lowest-energy Unoccupied Molecular Orbital (LUMO) (completely or partly vacant) of a molecular entity. Examination ...

functional group

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

Organic compounds are thought of as consisting of a relatively unreactive backbone, for example a chain of sp 3 hybridized carbon atoms, and one or several functional groups. The functional group is ...

gas-phase acidity

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

The negative of the Gibbs energy (ΔG r o ) change for the reaction A-H → A - + H + in the gas phase.

gas-phase basicity

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

The negative of the Gibbs energy (ΔG r o ) change associated with the reaction B + H + → BH + in the gas phase. Also called absolute or intrinsic basicity.

geminate pair

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

Pair of molecular entities in close proximity in solution within a solvent cage and resulting from reaction (e.g. bond scission, electron transfer, group transfer) of a precursor that constitutes a ...