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

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 ...

Mechanism-based inhibition

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

Irreversible inhibition of an enzyme due to its catalysis of the reaction of an artificial substrate. Also called "suicide inhibition".

Medium

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

The phase (and composition of the phase) in which chemical species and their reactions are studied in a particular investigation.

Order of reaction

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

(SI unit: 1) If the macroscopic (observed, empirical or phenomenological) rate of reaction (v) for any reaction can be expressed by an empirical differential rate equation (or rate law) which ...

Kinetic equivalence.

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

The behaviour of an atomic or localised molecular orbital under molecular symmetry operations characterises its orbital symmetry. For example, under a reflection in an appropriate symmetry plane, the ...

Orbital symmetry

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

Oxidation

Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry

(1) The complete, net removal of one or more electrons from a molecular entity (also called "de-electronation"). (2) an increase in the oxidation number of any atom within any substrate. (3) Gain of ...