Key Terms

  • activation energy (ΔG‡)
  • active site
  • addition reaction
  • bond dissociation energy (D)
  • carbocation
  • electrophile
  • elimination reaction
  • endergonic
  • endothermic
  • enthalpy change (ΔH)
  • entropy change (ΔS)
  • enzyme
  • exergonic
  • exothermic
  • Gibbs free-energy change (ΔG)
  • heat of reaction
  • nucleophile
  • polar reaction
  • polarizability
  • radical
  • radical reaction
  • reaction coordinate
  • reaction intermediate
  • reaction mechanism
  • rearrangement reaction
  • substitution reaction
  • transition state

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