Preferred Label : general acid catalysis;
IUPAC definition : The catalysis of a chemical reaction by a series of Brønsted acids (which may include
the solvated hydrogen ion) so that the rate of the catalysed part of the reaction
is given by kHA.[HA] multiplied by some function of substrate concentrations. (The
acids HA are unchanged by the overall reaction.) General catalysis by acids can be
experimentally distinguished from specific catalysis by hydrogen cations (hydrons)
by observation of the rate of reaction as a function of buffer concentration.;
Origin ID : G02609;
See also
The catalysis of a chemical reaction by a series of Brønsted acids (which may include
the solvated hydrogen ion) so that the rate of the catalysed part of the reaction
is given by kHA.[HA] multiplied by some function of substrate concentrations. (The
acids HA are unchanged by the overall reaction.) General catalysis by acids can be
experimentally distinguished from specific catalysis by hydrogen cations (hydrons)
by observation of the rate of reaction as a function of buffer concentration.
