Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Reaction mechanism (mechanism):
A step-by-step accounting of
bond
changes in a reaction, usually annotated with
curved arrows
.
An
S
N
2 reaction mechanism
.
An
electrophilic aromatic substitution
(
EAS
) reaction mechanism.
Related terms:
Substitution reaction
,
S
N
1 mechanism
,
nucleophile
,
electrophile
,
elimination reaction
,
E2 mechanism
,
E1 mechanism
,
E1
cb
mechanism
,
addition reaction
,
electrophilic addition
,
cycloaddition reaction
,
nucleophilic aromatic substitution
,
nucleophilic carbonyl substitution
,
oxidation
,
reduction
,
concerted reaction
,
energy profile
,
rate-determining step
,
activation energy
,
bond change inventory
,
proton shuttle
,
proton bus
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