Reactions occurring in
sequence, such as:
The overall process is said to occur by
consecutive steps.
Source:
PAC, 1981, 53, 753
(Symbolism and terminology in chemical kinetics (Provisional))
on page 760
Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A.Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
doi:10.1351/goldbook.
