reaction step
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.
See also:
rate-limiting step
,
reaction stage
Source:
PAC, 1994,
66
, 1077
(Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994))
on page 1159