Transition and collision theory
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Collision theory and transition state theory explain how chemical reactions occur and why reaction rates differ. Collision theory, proposed independently by Max Trautz and William Lewis in 1916-1918, qualitatively explains chemical reactions. Transition state theory, developed by Henry Eyring in 1935, describes an activated complex or transition state that forms between reactants and products. For a reaction to occur, the transition state must have sufficient concentration and break apart to form products rather than reforming reactants.
Transition and collision theory
- 1. Collision & Transition State Theory Done by….. V.Kanthasamy M.Sc.,Life Sciences
- 2. Collision theory is a theory proposed independently by Max Trautz (German) in 1916 and William Lewis(British) in 1918, that qualitatively explains how chemical reactions occur and why reaction rates differ for different reactions. Max TrautzWilliam Lewis
- 10. The transition theory This theory was developed simultaneously in 1935 by Henry Eyring, then at Princeton University Henry Eyring
- 11. According to Transition State Theory between the state where molecules are reactants and the state where molecules are products, there is a state known as the transition state. In the transition state, the reactants are combined in a species called the activated complex. The theory suggests that there are three major factors that determine whether a reaction will occur: The concentration of the activated complex The rate at which the activated complex breaks apart
- 12. whether it breaks apart to reform the reactants or whether it breaks a part to form a new complex, the products.
- 14. The example reaction shown above involves the reactants, hydroxide and bromomethane, forming the products, methanol and bromide. The first part of the image shows the reactants. The second part of the image shows the transition state, in which the activated complex is formed, with rearranged molecules and different bonds.
- 15. The activated complex is clearly different than the reactants or the products. A successful collision and reaction have clearly occurred because in the third part of the image products (methanol and bromide) are formed that are different than the reactants (hydroxide and bromomethane).
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