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Eric D. Glendening; Steven D. Burke; John W. Moore; Frank Weinhold – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
Traditional physical chemistry conceptions of reaction mechanism are formulated in terms of stationary points of an Arrhenius-style "energy profile" that differs sharply (in purpose and form) from the corresponding Robinson-style "arrow-pushing" mechanistic conceptions of organic chemistry. We show here how these diverse…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Theories