Preferred Label : bifunctional catalysis;
IUPAC definition : Catalysis (usually for hydron transfer) by a bifunctional chemical species involving
a mechanism in which both functional groups are implicated in the rate-controlling
step, so that the corresponding catalytic coefficient is larger than that expected
for catalysis by chemical species containing only one of these functional groups.
The term should not be used to describe the concerted action of two different catalysts
('concerted catalysis').;
Origin ID : B00642;
See also
Catalysis (usually for hydron transfer) by a bifunctional chemical species involving
a mechanism in which both functional groups are implicated in the rate-controlling
step, so that the corresponding catalytic coefficient is larger than that expected
for catalysis by chemical species containing only one of these functional groups.
The term should not be used to describe the concerted action of two different catalysts
('concerted catalysis').
