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Determine the elementary reaction type for a chemical reaction

Contributed by: Sarah Ku

ResourceFunction["ElementaryReactionType"][react]

gives the elementary reaction type for the elementary reaction react.

Details

The react can be either a ChemicalReaction or PatternReaction.
The function returns "Unimolecular", "Bimolecular" or "Termolecular" depending upon the molecularity.
Reactions with more than three reactants can not be elementary reactions, so Missing["NotAnElementaryReaction"] is returned.

Examples

Basic Examples

Compute the elementary reaction type for a ChemicalReaction:

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ResourceFunction["ElementaryReactionType"][ ChemicalReaction[<|ChemicalInstance[ Entity["Chemical", "MolecularOxygen"], <|"Phase" -> "Gas"|>] -> 1, ChemicalInstance[ Entity["Chemical", "MolecularHydrogen"], <|"Phase" -> "Gas"|>] -> 1|> -> <|ChemicalInstance[ Entity["Chemical", "Water"], <|"Phase" -> "Gas"|>] -> 1|>]]
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Compute the elementary reaction type for a PatternReaction:

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ResourceFunction["ElementaryReactionType"][ PatternReaction["[Na:1][Cl:2]>>[Na+:1].[Cl-:2]"]]
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Compute the elementary reaction type for a bimolecular ChemicalReaction:

In[3]:=
ResourceFunction["ElementaryReactionType"][ ChemicalReaction[<|ChemicalFormula[{"O" -> 1, "H" -> 1}, <|"NetCharge" -> -1|>] -> 1, ChemicalFormula[{"H" -> 1}, <|"NetCharge" -> 1|>] -> 1|> -> <|ChemicalFormula[{"H" -> 2, "O" -> 1}] -> 1|>]]
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Compute the elementary reaction type for a termolecular ChemicalReaction:

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ResourceFunction["ElementaryReactionType"][ ChemicalReaction[<|Entity["Chemical", "Zinc"] -> 1, Entity["Chemical", "HydrogenChloride"] -> 1|> -> <|Entity[ "Chemical", "ZincChloride"] -> 1, Entity["Chemical", "MolecularHydrogen"] -> 1|>]]
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For reactions that are not elementary, a Missing result is returned:

In[5]:=
ResourceFunction["ElementaryReactionType"][ ChemicalReaction[<|Entity["Chemical", "Aluminum"] -> 1, Entity["Chemical", "AmmoniumPerchlorate"] -> 1|> -> <|Entity[ "Chemical", "AluminumOxide"] -> 1, Entity["Chemical", "AluminumChloride"] -> 1, Entity["Chemical", "Water"] -> 1, Entity["Chemical", "MolecularNitrogen"] -> 1|>]]
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Publisher

Sarah Ku

Requirements

Wolfram Language 13.1 (June 2022) or above

Version History

  • 1.0.1 – 15 October 2024
  • 1.0.0 – 09 October 2024

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Author Notes

This submission is an outcome of the author's 2024 WSRP project: Building functions to classify chemical reaction properties​

ElementaryReactionType was previously published as ResourceFunction["ReactionMolecularity"]. That name now uses a more general function.

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