Any form of
transition-state theory
(
TST), such as
microcanonical variational
TST,
canonical variational
TST, and
improved canonical variational
TST, in which the
transition state is not necessarily located at the
saddle point, is referred to as generalized transition-state theory.
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 149
(A glossary of terms used in chemical kinetics, including reaction dynamics (IUPAC
Recommendations 1996))
on page 166
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
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