Chapter 14 Organic chemistry

Arrhenius equation

The ____ ____ is most commonly used to calculate the activation energy of a reaction.

Carbon

________ has the ability to bond to itself in long and complex chains.

Homogeneous catalysts

____ ____ are catalysts that are in the same phase or state of matter as the reactants.

heterogeneous catalyst

A(n) ____ ____ is in a different phase or state of matter from the reactants.

catalyst

Most commonly, the ________ is a solid and the reactants are liquids or gases.

Alkanes

________ are hydrocarbons that contain only single covalent bonds within their molecules.