Equilibria WIP

Lecture 6 and 7 of Structure Bonding and Equilibria

What are the two factors that underpin the outcome of a chemical reaction

Thermodynamics and Kinetics

How doe thermodynamics and kinetics dictate the outcome of most chemical reactions

• Thermodynamics - often describe as how far a reaction will proceed. Refers to what the ratio of products to starting materials is, This is controlled by the difference in energy between starting material and products. 

• Kinetics - often described as how fast does a reaction will proceed. This is governed by the activation energy.  

What’s the Brønsted-Lowry definition for an acid and a base

Brønsted-Lowry definition, An acid is a substance that is a proton (H+) donor.

A base is a substance that accepts a proton (H+). 

What’s the Lewis definition for an acid, base and an adduct

An acid that is a substance which is an electron pair acceptor.

A base is a substance which donates an electron pair.

The resulting compound is sometimes called an adduct.