Thursday, October 04, 2007
Chemical reaction
A chemical reaction is a progression that results in the interconversion of chemical substances. The substance or substances initially involved in a chemical reaction are called reactants. Chemical reactions are characterized by a chemical change, and they yield one or more products which are, in general, unlike from the reactants. Classically, chemical reactions include changes that strictly involve the motion of electrons in the forming and breaking of chemical bonds, although the general concept of a chemical reaction, in particular the notion of a chemical equation, is applicable to transformation of elementary particles, as well as nuclear reactions. On the classical meaning, therefore, there are only two types of chemical reaction redox reactions and acid-base reaction. The former involve the motion of lone electrons and the latter of an electron pair.
Different chemical reactions are used in combinations in chemical synthesis in order to get a preferred product. In biochemistry, series of chemical reactions aided by enzymes form metabolic pathways, since straight synthesis of a product would be energetically impossible in situation within a cell. Chemical reactions are also divided into organic reactions and non-living reactions
Different chemical reactions are used in combinations in chemical synthesis in order to get a preferred product. In biochemistry, series of chemical reactions aided by enzymes form metabolic pathways, since straight synthesis of a product would be energetically impossible in situation within a cell. Chemical reactions are also divided into organic reactions and non-living reactions