Preferred Label : transition species;
IUPAC definition : Any intermediate species in an elementary reaction. An activated complex is an example
of a transition species, but the latter term also includes other intermediate species.
Transition species have also been called transition states, but there is then danger
of confusion with a true activated complex, which is also commonly known as a transition
state.;
Origin ID : T06467;
See also
Any intermediate species in an elementary reaction. An activated complex is an example
of a transition species, but the latter term also includes other intermediate species.
Transition species have also been called transition states, but there is then danger
of confusion with a true activated complex, which is also commonly known as a transition
state.
