INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY ORGANIC CHEMISTRY DIVISION COMMISSION ON PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY* GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Abstract

ion reaction A chemical reaction, the main feature of which is the bimolecular removal of an atom (neutral or charged) from a molecular entity. For example, CH3COCH3 + CH3CO2—+(CH2COCH3) + CH3CO2H (proton abstraction from acetone)