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FINAL 01 - Reaction Mechanisms

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Total cards: 13•Content version: v3•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

Describes what happens in a chemical reaction

Back (Answer)

Reaction equation

#2
Front (Question)

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

Back (Answer)

Reaction mechanism

#3
Front (Question)

Asymmetrical cleavage of a bond

Back (Answer)

Heterolytic cleavage

#4
Front (Question)

Symmetrical cleavage of a bond

Back (Answer)

Homolytic cleavage

#5
Front (Question)

High energy species carrying an unpaired electron

Back (Answer)

Radical

#6
Front (Question)

Electron-rich, nucleus-seeking reagents

Back (Answer)

Nucleophiles

#7
Front (Question)

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

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Leaving group

#8
Front (Question)

Electron-deficient, electron-seeking reagents

Back (Answer)

Electrophiles

#9
Front (Question)

The slowest transformation in the sequence

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Rate-determining step

#10
Front (Question)

Number of reactant molecules involved in the rate-determining step

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Molecularity

#11
Front (Question)

Cannot be isolated, or even detected; energy maximum

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Transition state

#12
Front (Question)

Stable and can be isolated; energy minimum

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Intermediate

#13
Front (Question)

5 types of organic reactions

Back (Answer)

Substitution, Elimination, Addition, Rearrangement, Radical reaction