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What is the difference between an activated complex and an intermediate?
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What is an activated complex?
An activated complex is a transitional structure, in an energetically excited state, which forms between the reactants of a chemical reaction and breaks down to form the products.
What is the difference between a complex and organometallic?
The main difference between a complex and organometallic is the bonding. in complex there is a bond between a ligand and a metal and in organometallic is the bond is between Carbon and transition metal. A Ali Sudais jan Research Scholar Nuclear medicine Inorganic Chemistry
Arrangement of atoms at the peak of an energy barrier?
Activated complex.
What is the amount of energy needed to reach the activated complex?
The activated complex lies at the top of the energy curve. It is the highest energy complex in the overall reaction scheme, synonymous to the transition state. If you look at the reaction: A + B --> C + D The activated complex is right in the middle of the arrow. For A + B to become C + D, we need some energy. Because you're forcing two atoms close together, bonds are being formed and broken. The activated complex is where those bonds are all half broken and formed. To get a better feel for this, do a search for reaction coordinates. You'll see an energy curve for the reaction which will show a large bump in energy. At the very top of that bump is the activated complex. As a side note, it can come as a bit of a shock when people start talking about activated complexes\transition states. Because often in chemistry you'll spend years just sort of assuming these things are clean and instant...which actually goes against our common sense. Just trust your instincts here, everything takes time...even if it is only a tiny fraction of a second. Find a reaction and try to picture what the activated complex would be, you would likely be surprised how correct you are for many of them. If you are doing a chemistry degree, you should have a course or two specifically about these. For further searching try: activated complex, transition state, transition stage, reaction intermediate, reaction coordinate.
Difference between chemically defined and complex media?
In the complex media you have unknow compounds mixed in wheras; in the defined media you know all concentrations of the compounds in the media
What is an activated complex?
An activated complex is a transitional structure, in an energetically excited state, which forms between the reactants of a chemical reaction and breaks down to form the products.
What is the role of the activated complex in a chemical reaction?
The activated complex is the intermediate form of a simplechemical reaction. In the following simple chemical reaction:A + B ---> C + DA & B are reactants; C & D are products. The activated complex can be written as A-B like so:A + B --> A-B --> C+ DBasically it is the complex formed when A & B "collide" together. The energy of the system increases during this collision and if it exceeds the "activation" threshold, the reaction can occur (it doesn't have to occur however. think of A-B as the top of a hill...the reaction can proceed forward, down to C & D or go backwards to reform A & B...the hill represents the energy of the system). The activated complex is also known as the transition state, or intermediate state, since it must preceed product formation.
What does it means that a molecule is activated?
You may be talking about the activated complex, which is a kind of unstable "molecule" that is a transition state between the products and the reactants in a reaction.
What is the difference between complex permittivity and static dielectric conatant?
What is the difference between complex permittivity and static dielectric conatant?
What is the difference between complex and complicated?
The difference between complex and complicated is that 'complex' refers to many different components, whereas "complicated" refers to a high level of difficulty.
Difference between synthetic and complex media?
what is the difference between synthetic and non-synthrtic media
What is the difference between tuberculosis and primary complex?
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What is the difference between a complex and organometallic?
The main difference between a complex and organometallic is the bonding. in complex there is a bond between a ligand and a metal and in organometallic is the bond is between Carbon and transition metal. A Ali Sudais jan Research Scholar Nuclear medicine Inorganic Chemistry
Is an activated complex stable?
No, an activated complex is not stable. It exists during the transition phase of the reaction, and its existence is ephemeral. It either reverts to the reactants or converts to the products.
What is the name given to a species formed in an elementary step and then consumed in a later elementary step but does not appear in the overall chemical equation?
The phrasing of the question isn't sufficient for me to be absolutely certain, but you're probably talking about a transition state, an activated complex, or a reaction intermediate. There are subtle distinctions between the three terms.
How do you find the difference between a simple compound complex and compound-complex sentences?
you are dumb cya
What are the difference between a Compound and Complex Sentence?
The difference between a compound sentence and a complex sentence is that a compound sentence has two independent clauses, connected by a Coordinator. A complex sentence on contains one independent clause. A complex sentence also always contains a subordinator.
