FINAL 01 - Reaction Mechanisms

Question 1

Describes what happens in a chemical reaction

Answer 1

Reaction equation

Question 2

A detailed, step-by-step description of how a chemical reaction occurs

Answer 2

Reaction mechanism

Question 3

Asymmetrical cleavage of a bond

Answer 3

Heterolytic cleavage

Question 4

Symmetrical cleavage of a bond

Answer 4

Homolytic cleavage

Question 5

High energy species carrying an unpaired electron

Answer 5

Radical

Question 6

Electron-rich, nucleus-seeking reagents

Answer 6

Nucleophiles

Question 7

Ions or neutral molecules that are displaced from a reactant as part of a mechanistic sequence

Answer 7

Leaving group

Question 8

Electron-deficient, electron-seeking reagents

Answer 8

Electrophiles

Question 9

The slowest transformation in the sequence

Answer 9

Rate-determining step

Question 10

Number of reactant molecules involved in the rate-determining step

Answer 10

Molecularity

Question 11

Cannot be isolated, or even detected; energy maximum

Answer 11

Transition state

Question 12

Stable and can be isolated; energy minimum

Answer 12

Intermediate

Question 13

5 types of organic reactions

Answer 13

Substitution, Elimination, Addition, Rearrangement, Radical reaction