J Griep-Raming, S Meyer… - Angewandte …, 2002 - metzger.chemie.uni-oldenburg.de
The reaction mechanism is the detailed, step-by-step description of a chemical reaction.
Most chemical reactions take place through a complex sequence of steps via reactive
intermediates. The most important reactive intermediates in organic chemical reactions in
solution are carbocations, carbanions, carbenes, and radicals. Of course, chemists have
been able to detect these intermediates indirectly by chemical and physical methods, and
spectroscopic methods are available to study them directly and in detail.[1] For example …