An
elementary reaction, constituting one of the stages of a
stepwise reaction in which a
reaction intermediate (or, for the first step, the reactants) is converted into the next
reaction intermediate (or, for the last step, the products) in the
sequence of intermediates between reactants and products.
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077
(Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994))
on page 1159
Cite as:
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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J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
