What occurs when the products have less enthalpy than the reactants?

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Trace Cunningham

Chemistry

12 November, 00:32

What occurs when the products have less enthalpy than the reactants?

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In exothermic reactions, the products have less enthalpy than the reactants, and as a result, an exothermic reaction is said to have a negative enthalpy of reaction. This means that the energy required to break the bonds in the reactants is less than the energy released when new bonds form in the products.