Chemical Kinetics and Catalysis

  1. Reaction Mechanisms
    1. Elementary Reactions
      1. Definition and Characteristics
        1. Molecularity
          1. Unimolecular Reactions
            1. Bimolecular Reactions
              1. Termolecular Reactions
                1. Relationship to Reaction Order
                2. Rate Laws for Elementary Steps
                  1. Microscopic Reversibility
                  2. Relating Mechanisms to Rate Laws
                    1. Multistep Reactions
                      1. The Rate-Determining Step Approximation
                        1. Identification of Rate-Determining Step
                          1. Implications for Overall Rate Law
                            1. Limitations of the Approximation
                            2. The Steady-State Approximation
                              1. Application to Intermediates
                                1. Derivation of Rate Laws
                                  1. Validity Conditions
                                  2. The Pre-Equilibrium Approximation
                                    1. Fast Pre-Equilibrium Step
                                      1. Application to Mechanism Analysis
                                        1. Comparison with Steady-State
                                      2. Chain Reactions
                                        1. Definition and Examples
                                          1. Initiation Steps
                                            1. Propagation Steps
                                              1. Termination Steps
                                                1. Branching Steps
                                                  1. Chain Length
                                                    1. Inhibition and Retardation
                                                      1. Radical Chain Reactions
                                                        1. Ionic Chain Reactions
                                                        2. Oscillating Reactions
                                                          1. Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction
                                                            1. Mechanism of Oscillations
                                                              1. Nonlinear Dynamics
                                                              2. Photochemical Reactions
                                                                1. Primary Photochemical Processes
                                                                  1. Secondary Reactions
                                                                    1. Quantum Yield
                                                                      1. Photochemical Rate Laws

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                                                                    4. Theories of Reaction Rates