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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
reaction path
Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry
(1) A synonym for mechanism. (2) A trajectory on the potential-energy surface. (3) A sequence of synthetic steps.
reaction stage
Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry
A set of one or more (possibly experimentally inseparable) reaction steps leading to and/or from a detectable or presumed reaction intermediate.
intermediate
Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry
A molecular entity with a lifetime appreciably longer than a molecular vibration (corresponding to a local potential energy minimum of depth greater than RT) that is formed (directly or indirectly) ...
intermolecular
Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry
(1) Descriptive of any process that involves a transfer (of atoms, groups, electrons, etc.) or interactions between two or more molecular entities. (2) Relating to a comparison between different ...
intramolecular
Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry
(1) Descriptive of any process that involves a transfer (of atoms, groups, electrons, etc.) or interactions between different parts of the same molecular entity. (2) Relating to a comparison between ...
intramolecular catalysis
Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry
The acceleration of a chemical transformation at one site of a molecular entity through the involvement of another functional ("catalytic") group in the same molecular entity, without that group ...
intramolecular isotope effect
Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry
A kinetic isotope effect observed when a single substrate, in which the isotopic atoms occupy equivalent reactive positions, reacts to produce a non-statistical distribution of isotopologue products. ...
