activated complex

Preferred Label : activated complex;

IUPAC definition : An activated complex, often characterized by the superscript ‡, is defined as that assembly of atoms which corresponds to an arbitrary infinitesimally small region at or near the col (saddle point) of a potential energy surface.;

Details

Origin ID

A00092;

See also
- Rice–Ramsperger–Kassel–Marcus (RRKM) theory [IUPAC Term]
- activation reaction [IUPAC Term]
- col [IUPAC Term]
- collinear reaction [IUPAC Term]
- complex [IUPAC Term]
- energized species [IUPAC Term]
- kinetic activity factor [IUPAC Term]
- polarity [IUPAC Term]
- quasi-equilibrium [IUPAC Term]
- reaction barrier [IUPAC Term]
- reactive complex [IUPAC Term]
- saddle point [IUPAC Term]
- transition species [IUPAC Term]
- transition state [IUPAC Term]
- transition state theory [IUPAC Term]
- transition structure [IUPAC Term]

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