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Chemistry

Reaction Mechanisms

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Some reaction mechanisms involve dozens of elementary steps, yet the overall reaction can often be written in a single balanced equation—the mechanism reveals the hidden choreography.

Why this is interesting

Every chemical reaction is a molecular dance—but how do we know the steps, and what happens in the brief moments between starting materials and products?