Energy Diagrams
Reaction Types
Bond Breaking
BDE
Mystery
100
This kind of reaction has multiple steps
What is a stepwise reaction?
100
A reaction in which no mass is added, but mass is taken away
What is an elimination reaction?
100
This kind of atom is neutral overall, but very reactive
What is a radical?
100
BDE is an abbreviation of this
What is bond dissociation energy?
100
The energy required for a reaction to proceed
What is activation energy?
200
This graph shows a reaction having this kind of mechanism
what is concerted?
200
A reaction that is a net neutral in terms of mass loss or gain
What is a substitution reaction?
200
This kind of bond breaking results in radicals
what is homolytic?
200
BDE is the energy required to break a bond in this way
What is homolytically?
200
This letter represents the transition state
What is letter C?
300
This graph shows a reaction with energy
What is Endothermic?
300
This reaction type typically breaks double bonds
What is an addition reaction
300
This kind of reaction produces heat or energy
What is Exothermic?
300
This kind of reaction requires energy input
What is endothermic?
300
This is how a catalyst decreases the activation energy of a reaction
What is by stabilizing the transition state?
400
This is the rate-limiting step in this reaction
What is step 2
400
This kind of reaction involves proton transfers.
What is an acid-base reaction?
400
These kinds of products are favored over the reactants
What are lower energy products?
400
BDE is used to calculate this
What is Delta H or Enthalpy?
400
This is the value of Keq when delta G is 0
What is 1?
500
This graph shows a reaction with a Keq of this size
What is a Keq>1?
500
Dehydration reactions fall under this category
What is elimination reactions?
500
This is an unstable positively charged carbon
What is a carbocation?
500
For the reaction
H3C-Cl + -OH ---> H3C-OH + -Cl
351kJ/mol 389kJ/mol
This is the value of delta H
What is -38kJ/mol?
Bond broken - bond formed
500
A double-headed arrow indicates this.
What is the movement of two electrons?