Solutions for Chapter 13: Chemical Kinetics

A quantitative measure of the extent to which a compound absorbs radiation of a particular wavelength. A 5 log (I0/I ) where I0 is the incident radiation and I is the transmitted radiation

For a substituted aromatic ring, the effect of an electron-donating substituent that increases the rate of electrophilic aromatic substitution.

A protein structure in which the protein is coiled in the form of a helix with hydrogen bonds between C “O and N ¬H groups on adjacent turns. (Section 24.7)

The electrode at which oxidation occurs. (18.2)

The temperature at which the vapor pressure of a liquid is equal to the external atmospheric pressure. (11.8)

See Charles’ law.

The area of chemistry concerned with the speeds, or rates, at which chemical reactions occur. (Chapter 14: Introduction)

Solids in which the units that make up the three-dimensional network are joined by covalent bonds. (Section 12.1)

The process in which molecules, ions, or atoms come together to form a crystalline solid. (Section 13.2)

A form of energy that has wave characteristics and that propagates through a vacuum at the characteristic speed of 3.00 * 108 m >s. (Section 6.1)

A conformation about a single bond of an alkane in which two groups on adjacent carbons lie at a dihedral angle of 60°

Cleavage of a bond so that each fragment retains one electron; formation of radicals.

A compound capable offunctioning as an electron pair donor.

An electron-pair donor. (Section 16.11)

A region of space that can hold two electrons

A positive or negative whole number assigned to an element in a molecule or ion on the basis of a set of formal rules; to some degree it reflects the positive or negative character of that atom. (Section 4.4)

A triglyceride having several carbon-carbon double bonds in the hydrocarbon chains of its three fatty acids.

An addition or substitution reaction in which one of two or more possible products is formed in preference to all others that might be formed.

A method that chemists use to deal with the inadequacy of bond-line drawings.

In IR spectroscopy, atype of vibration that generally produces a signal in the diagnostic region of an IR spectrum.