Reaction Mechanisms (GATE CY) — GATE Chemistry (CY) Prep
Reaction Mechanisms: Basic mechanistic concepts and energy profile diagrams - kinetics versus thermodynamic control, Hammond’s postulate and Curtin-Hammett principle. Methods of determining reaction mechanisms through kinetics, identification of products, intermediates and isotopic labelling. Solvent effects in substitution and elimination reactions. Linear free-energy relationship – Hammett and Taft equations.
- Exam: GATE Chemistry (CY)
- Section: Organic Chemistry
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