reaction mechanisms
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A mechanism details how a reaction happens: which bonds break, which form, and where electrons go.
Step-by-step diagrams of how bonds break and form, showing electron movement explicitly.
Topics that use reaction mechanisms
- Reaction mechanisms (AQA A-Level)
- Basic concepts of organic chemistry (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Heterolytic fission
- Homolytic fission
- Alphabetical ordering of substituents
- Aromatic compound
- carboxyl group
- Characteristic reactions
- Condensed notation with brackets and subscripts
- Contrast with heterolytic fission
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