Organic Reaction Mechanisms Crossword Puzzle

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Organic Reaction Mechanisms Crossword Puzzle

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  • solvent : a substance in which other materials dissolve to form a material
  • olefins : a term used to describe alkenes
  • initiation : name the first step in a radical reaction
  • regiospecificity : when the reaction chooses one product to produce exclusively
  • rate determining step : the slowest step in a mechanism is known as...
  • exothermic : reactions transfer energy to the surroundings and the temperature of the surroundings increase.
  • bimolecular reaction : the chemical combination of two molecular entities in a reaction that can be considered either reversible or irreversible
  • racemic : a mixture that has equal amount of enantiomers
  • protonation : the addition of a proton or hydrogen cation
  • unimolecular reaction : reaction involving a change in only one molecule of ionic structure.
  • leaving group : an atom or group atoms which breaks away from the rest of the molecule
  • addition : a class of chemical reactions in which an atom or group of atoms is added to a molecule
  • first order : a reaction that proceeds at a rate that depends on one reactant concentration
  • radical : a molecule that contains at least one unpaired electron
  • free radical : a molecule that contains at least one unpaired electron
  • deprotonation : the removal of a proton in a acid-base reaction
  • substitution : replacement of one group by another
  • endothermic : reactions take in energy and the temperature of the surroundings decreases