Proton Transfer
Definition
This refers to the movement of a proton from one atom to another during a chemical reaction.
Analogy
Imagine playing hot potato with your friends. The proton is like the hot potato being passed around from one friend (atom) to another until the music stops (the reaction ends).
Related terms
Acid-Base Reaction: A type of chemical process typified by the exchange of one or more hydrogen ions between species that may be neutral or electrically charged.
Bronsted-Lowry Theory: An acid-base theory which defines an acid as a substance that can donate protons and base as substance that can accept protons.
Conjugate Acid-Base Pair: Two substances related to each other by the donating and accepting of a single proton.
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