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Esoteric Elements and Molecular Enigmas
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Reactions triggered by light absorption in molecules
  • 2. Mirror-image isomer in chiral chemistry
  • 3. Covalent modification involving a nitric oxide group
  • 5. Unusual term for equilibrium of transition states (hint: rare term in kinetics)
  • 7. Enzyme assembling nucleotides in sequence
  • 9. Type of modulation at a site distinct from the active center
  • 14. Metabolic breakdown releasing energy in living systems
  • 19. Highly reactive species with unpaired electrons
Down
  • 4. Emission of light from a chemical reaction without heat
  • 6. Molecular twinning that shifts structure without altering formula
  • 8. Quantitative relationship between reactants and products
  • 10. Using electrical current to drive chemical decomposition
  • 11. Efficiency metric of photons producing chemical change
  • 12. Transfer of an alkyl group to another molecule
  • 13. Electron-loving species seeking a negative site
  • 15. Extent to which a substance dissolves in a solvent
  • 16. Reaction where an atom replaces another within a compound
  • 17. Water-mediated cleavage prominently seen in esters
  • 18. Addition of water to a molecule, often an alkene
  • 20. Property that distinguishes nonsuperimposable mirror images

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