Preferred Label : reactive (reactivity);
IUPAC definition : As applied to a chemical species, the term expresses a kinetic property. A species
is said to be more reactive or to have a higher reactivity in some given context than
some other (reference) species if it has a larger rate constant for a specified elementary
reaction. The term has meaning only by reference to some explicitly stated or implicitly
assumed set of conditions. It is not to be used for reactions or reaction patterns
of compounds in general. The term is also more loosely used as a phenomenological
description not restricted to elementary reactions. When applied in this sense the
property under consideration may reflect not only rate, but also equilibrium, constants.;
Origin ID : R05180;
See also
As applied to a chemical species, the term expresses a kinetic property. A species
is said to be more reactive or to have a higher reactivity in some given context than
some other (reference) species if it has a larger rate constant for a specified elementary
reaction. The term has meaning only by reference to some explicitly stated or implicitly
assumed set of conditions. It is not to be used for reactions or reaction patterns
of compounds in general. The term is also more loosely used as a phenomenological
description not restricted to elementary reactions. When applied in this sense the
property under consideration may reflect not only rate, but also equilibrium, constants.
