Chapter 1 Flashcards
(4 cards)
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Activation complex
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Is a short lived, unstable, high energy chemical species that forms when reactant particles change to products
2
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Activation energy
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The minimum potential energy required to change reactants into an activated complex
3
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Reaction intermediate
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Molecules which are produced in one step of a reaction mechanism and used in another step
4
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Reaction mechanism
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Is a series of steps that result in the overall reaction
