Kinetics

Kinetics

  1. Simulation of Chemical Kinetics in Wolfram Mathematica
  2. Tutorial
  3. Initial Rates
  4. GC Kinetics
  5. Analytical Integration
  6. Review article: LDA: Solution Kinetics and Implications for Organic Synthesis

Kinetics: A Short Course for the Synthetic Chemist

1. General

A + B → C + D

2. Irreversable 1st-Order Reactions

A → P

3. Irreversable 2nd-Order Reactions

A + A → P

4. Irreversable nth-Order Reactions

nA → P

5. Irreversable Mixed 2nd-Order Reactions

A + B → P

6. Determination of Reaction Orders

–d[A]/dt = k[A]n[B]m

7. Reversable 1st-Order Reactions

A ⇌ P

8. 1st-Order Pre-equilibrium, 1st-Order Reaction

A ⇌ C → P

9. 2nd-Order/1st-Order Pre-equilibrium, 1st-Order Reaction

A + B ⇌ C → P

10. 1st-Order/2nd-Order Pre-equilibrium, 1st-Order Reaction

A  ⇌ C + D

C → P

11. 1st-Order Pre-equilibrium, 2nd-Order Reaction

A  ⇌ C

C + D → P

12. Interpretation of the Rate Equation

d[P]/dt = k’[A][B]2/1+ k”[B]2

13. Parallel 1st-Order Reactions

A → P1
A → P2

14. 2nd-Order Pre-equilibrium, Parallel Reactions

A + B ⇌ C

A → P1

C → P2

15. Complex Rate Equations: “Early Warning Signals”