Episode 2423
Energy profile (chemistry)
Fri, 2023-Dec-22 01:10 UTC
Length - 1:50
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The random article for Friday, 22 December 2023 is Energy profile (chemistry).
In theoretical chemistry, an energy profile is a theoretical representation of a chemical reaction or process as a single energetic pathway as the reactants are transformed into products. This pathway runs along the reaction coordinate, which is a parametric curve that follows the pathway of the reaction and indicates its progress; thus, energy profiles are also called reaction coordinate diagrams. They are derived from the corresponding potential energy surface (PES), which is used in computational chemistry to model chemical reactions by relating the energy of a molecule(s) to its structure (within the Born–Oppenheimer approximation).
Qualitatively, the reaction coordinate diagrams (one-dimensional energy surfaces) have numerous applications. Chemists use reaction coordinate diagrams as both an analytical and pedagogical aid for rationalizing and illustrating kinetic and thermodynamic events. The purpose of energy profiles and surfaces is to provide a qualitative representation of how potential energy varies with molecular motion for a given reaction or process.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:10 UTC on Friday, 22 December 2023.
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