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

leaving group

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

An atom or group (charged or uncharged) that becomes detached from an atom in what is considered to be the residual or main part of the substrate in a specified reaction. For example, in the ...

left-to-right convention

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

Arrangement of the structural formulae of the reactants so that the bonds to be made or broken form a linear array in which the electrons move from left to right.

leveling effect

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

The tendency of a solvent to make all Brønsted acids whose acidity exceeds a certain value appear equally acidic. It is due to the complete transfer to a protophilic solvent of a hydron from a ...

Lewis acid

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

A molecular entity (and the corresponding chemical species ) that is an electron-pair acceptor and therefore able to react with a Lewis base to form a Lewis adduct , by sharing the electron pair ...

Lewis acidity

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

The thermodynamic tendency of a substrate to act as a Lewis acid . Comparative measures of this property are provided by the equilibrium constants for Lewis adduct formation of a series of Lewis ...

Lewis adduct

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

The adduct formed between a Lewis acid and a Lewis base .

Lewis base

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

A molecular entity (and the corresponding chemical species ) able to provide a pair of electrons and thus capable of coordination to a Lewis acid , thereby producing a Lewis adduct .