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

melting point (corrected/uncorrected)

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

The term originally signified that a correction was made (not made) for the emergent stem of the thermometer. In current usage it often means that the accuracy of the thermometer was (was not) ...

mesolytic cleavage

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

Cleavage of a bond in a radical ion whereby a radical and an ion are formed. The term reflects the mechanistic duality of the process, which can be viewed as homolytic or heterolytic depending on how ...

mesomeric effect

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

The effect (on reaction rates, ionization equilibria, etc.) attributed to a substituent due to overlap of its p or pi orbitals with the p or pi orbitals of the rest of the molecular entity. ...

mesomerism

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

Essentially synonymous with resonance. The term is particularly associated with the picture of pi electrons as less localized in an actual molecule than in a Lewis formula. The term is intended to ...

mesophase

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

The phase of a liquid crystalline compound between the crystalline and the isotropic liquid phase.

micellar catalysis

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

The acceleration of a chemical reaction in solution by the addition of a surfactant at a concentration higher than its critical micelle concentration so that the reaction can proceed in the ...

micelle

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

Surfactants in solution are often association colloids, that is, they tend to form aggregates of colloidal dimensions, which exist in equilibrium with the molecules or ions from which they are ...