• Presentation
  • Reactions
  • Contact
  • Addition reactions
    • Simple addition
    • Oxidative addition
    • Addition with insertion
    • Addition with elimination
  • Substitution reactions
    • Dissociative mechanism
    • Associative mechanism
    • Exchange mechanism
  • Double sustitution or exchange reactions
    • Halide exchange mechanism
    • Exchange mechanism in other compounds
  • Rearrangement or isomerization reactions
    • Isomerization mechanisms in compounds of representative elements
    • Isomerization mechanisms in coordination compounds
  • Proton transfer reactions
    • Proton transfer in compounds of representative elements
    • Proton transfer in compounds of transition elements
  • Electron transfer reactions
    • Proton transfer in compounds of representative elements
    • Proton transfer in compounds of transition elements

Inorganic reaction mechanisms

This page explains the inorganic reaction mechanisms and assumes knowledge of concepts as reaction rate, reaction intermediate, transitional state, energy profile of the reaction, activation parameters, reaction mechanism, regiochemistry (sites of breakage and formation of bonds) and stereochemistry (resulting stereoisomers) is.

G.A. Carriedo, "Introducción a la Química Inorgánica", 5th Edition. Chap.3. Publications Service, University of Oviedo (2012). K. F. Purcell, J. C. Kotz, "Inorganic Chemistry". Reverté Ed (1979) and M. L. Tobe, J. Burgess, "Inorganic Reactions Mechanisms" Longman 1999. For a description of different types of reactions see: G. A. Carriedo "La Química Inorgánica en Reacciones". Ed Synthesis (2011).

Reactions are considered as transfers of atoms or groups of atoms and/or electrons (where E = the reaction center based on the element E, A = species able to accept electron pairs or Lewis acid; D = species capable of donating electron pairs or Lewis base; X, Y atoms or groups of atoms , B = base in the Bronsted Lowry model, a proton acceptor, n = number of electrons).

It should be noted, however, that some reactions are the result of two or more   different and consecutive processes, for example additions followed by elimination, etc.