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What is the difference between 'Reaction pathway' and 'Reaction mechanism'

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Answer 1

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⭐Usually with the reaction mechanism the sequence of events (electron transfers) is indicated, while the term reaction pathway usually refers to the reaction coordinate diagram associated with the reaction, i.e. the change in energy with an extra notion on the transition states....

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Answer 2

Heyy DRACULA  ur answer........

you"ve got a reaction A + B --> C + D
Imagine if that seemingly simple reaction actually consisted of a number of steps that arent immediately apparently by looking at the Equation (take for instance the Depletion of atmospheric ozone reaction) 
Now imagine that the reaction was actually composed of 3 steps. [Thats the Mechanism] 
Now take one of those steps, say, step1 and imagine hypothetically that A + B --> E + F -- Imagine a reaction curve for that initial step which may be exergonic or endergonic (doesnt matter) - now imagine if that reaction could be made more efficient by adding a catalyst - then imagine what the reaction curve would look like for such a catalysed reaction (u would see that the curve is less steep, has a lower activation energy, when using a catalyst). Compare the 2 reaction curves, catalyzed and uncatalyzed and realize that these curves describe the Reaction Pathway. :) 

note---
For one Complete Reaction there is one mechanism which may be composed of many intermediate steps and each step may have their own alternative reaction pathways. ...............

        .........i hope it will help u.............@kundan