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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
Acid
Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry
A molecular entity or chemical species capable of donating a hydron (proton) or capable of forming a covalent bond with an electron pair.
+ pseudo-unimolecular
Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry
A term sometimes used as synonymous with pseudo-first order, but is inherently meaningless.
Acceptor number (AN)
Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry
A quantitative measure, devised by Gutmann (1976), of Lewis acidity.
Bond order
Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry
A theoretical index of the degree of bonding between two atoms relative to that of a normal single bond, i.e. the bond provided by one localised electron pair. In the valence-bond theory it is a ...
Bifunctional catalysis
Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry
Catalysis (usually for hydron transfer) by a bifunctional chemical species involving a mechanism in which both functional groups are implicated in the rate-controlling step, so that the corresponding ...
Bond energy
Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry
The average value of the gas-phase bond-dissociation energies (usually at a temperature of 298 K) for all bonds of the same type within the same chemical species. The mean bond energy for methane, ...
Binding site
Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry
A specific region (or atom) in a molecular entity that is capable of entering into a stabilising interaction with another molecular entity. An example of such an interaction is that of an active site ...
