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elementary reaction definition

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A reaction for which no reaction intermediates have been detected or need to be postulated in order to describe the chemical reaction on a molecular scale. An elementary reaction is assumed to occur in a single step and to pass through a single transition state. IUPAC CHEMICAL KINETICS (1981). See also stepwise reaction.


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