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Intermediate Physical Organic (Morsch)

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Physical organic chemistry refers to a discipline of organic chemistry that focuses on the relationship between chemical structures and reactivity, in particular, applying experimental tools of physical chemistry to the study of organic molecules. Specific focal points of study include the rates of organic reactions, the relative chemical stabilities of the starting materials, reactive intermediates, transition states, and products of chemical reactions, and non-covalent aspects of solvation and molecular interactions that influence chemical reactivity. Such studies provide theoretical and practical frameworks to understand how changes in structure in solution or solid-state contexts impact reaction mechanism and rate for each organic reaction of interest.

Thumbnail: π molecular orbitals of butadiene. (Public Domain; Ben Mills via Wikipedia)


This page titled Intermediate Physical Organic (Morsch) is shared under a not declared license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Layne Morsch.

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