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Acids, Bases & Salts

Acid Strength and Molecular Structure

The structural factors that determine how readily a molecule releases a proton.

Dimensionless
Chemical Bonding & Molecular Structure

Antibonding Molecular Orbital

A molecular orbital higher in energy than its parent atomic orbitals, whose occupation destabilises the molecule.

ψ* = ψ_A − ψ_B Dimensionless
Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis

Active Site

The specific region of a catalyst or enzyme at which the reacting molecules bind and are transformed.

Dimensionless
Stoichiometry & Chemical Reactions

Addition Reaction

A reaction in which two molecules combine to form a single larger product, with no atoms left over.

A + B → AB Dimensionless
Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis

Adsorption

The accumulation of molecules of a gas or liquid on the surface of a solid.

mol/g
Foundations of Chemistry

Anion

A negatively charged ion produced when an atom or molecule gains one or more electrons.

X + n e⁻ → Xⁿ⁻ C (charge)
Organic Chemistry

Aromaticity

The special stability of planar cyclic molecules with a continuous, fully conjugated system of delocalised pi electrons.

planar, cyclic, conjugated, 4n+2 π kJ/mol
Solutions & Colligative Properties

Association

The joining of solute molecules in solution into larger aggregates, reducing the effective number of particles.

nA → Aₙ Dimensionless
Foundations of Chemistry

Atomicity

The number of atoms present in one molecule of an element.

Dimensionless
States of Matter & Gas Laws

Avogadro's Law

Equal volumes of all gases at the same temperature and pressure contain equal numbers of molecules.

V ∝ n L/mol
Foundations of Chemistry

Avogadro's Number

The number of elementary entities in one mole of substance, fixed by definition at 6.02214076 × 10²³ mol⁻¹.

N = n × N_A mol⁻¹
Solutions & Colligative Properties

Abnormal Molar Mass

A molar mass value obtained from colligative measurements that differs from the true value because the solute associates or dissociates.

M_normal = i × M_observed g/mol
Organic Chemistry

Aldol Condensation

The base-catalysed reaction of two carbonyl compounds to give a beta-hydroxy carbonyl, which often dehydrates to an enone.

2RCH₂CHO → RCH₂CH(OH)CHRCHO Dimensionless
Acids, Bases & Salts

Amphoteric Substance

A substance able to react as either an acid or a base depending on what it meets.

Dimensionless
Chemical Equilibrium

Association Constant

The equilibrium constant for the combination of two species into a single associated entity, the reciprocal of the dissociation constant.

Ka = 1 / Kd L/mol
Foundations of Chemistry

Atomic Mass Unit

A mass unit defined as exactly one twelfth the mass of a free, unbound carbon-12 atom in its ground state.

1 u = 1.66053907 × 10⁻²⁷ kg u (Da)
Atomic Structure & Periodicity

Atomic Orbital

A mathematical function describing the region around a nucleus where an electron of given energy is most likely to be found.

|ψ|² = probability density Dimensionless
States of Matter & Gas Laws

Average Kinetic Energy

The mean translational kinetic energy of the particles in a sample, dependent only on absolute temperature.

KE = (3/2)kT per molecule J