rearrangement stage
The
elementary reaction
or
reaction stage
(of a
molecular rearrangement
) in which there is both making and breaking of bonds between atoms common to a reactant and a reaction product or a reaction
intermediate
. If the
rearrangement
stage consists of a single
elementary reaction
, this is a '
rearrangement
step
'.
Source:
PAC, 1994,
66
, 1077
(Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994))
on page 1160