Reaction Mechanism Quiz

The step-by-step process of a chemical reaction, showing which bonds break and form.

Reactions where radicals are key intermediates, like when alkanes react with chlorine or bromine.

Individual stages in a reaction mechanism, showing how bonds change.

A temporary species formed during a reaction step, not in the final product.

Unwanted substances formed during a reaction, reducing desired product yield.

The amount of desired product obtained from a reaction.

A reaction of alkane molecules with halogen molecules, initiated by light, leading to the substitution of hydrogen atoms in the alkane with halogen atoms.

The first step in alkane halogenation, where light energy breaks a halogen molecule into two reactive halogen radicals.

The breaking of a covalent bond where each atom retains one electron from the shared pair, forming two radicals.

A molecule or atom with an unpaired electron, highly reactive.

A series of reactions where one reactive intermediate (radical) creates another, repeating the process until a termination step occurs.

A step in a chain reaction where a radical reacts with a molecule to produce another radical and a molecule.

A step in a chain reaction where two radicals combine, stopping the chain reaction.

The process where more than one halogen atom substitutes for hydrogen atoms within the alkane molecule during the halogenation reaction.