Kinetics and Mechanism of Catalyzed Reactions

A central atom is found in a complex compound. Generally, this central atom is a metal which is surrounded by a group of neutral molecules or anions. These surrounding molecules are co-ordinated to the central atom with the help of pair of electrons residing in the donor atoms. A metal ion is in equilibrium with the surrounding molecules resulting in the formation of metal complex. A stability constant is used so as to measure the extent of interaction between two species in case of equilibrium. The current article highlights the kinetics and mechanism of catalyzed reactions.