effective molarity (effective concentration)
The ratio of the first-order
rate constant
of an
intramolecular
reaction involving two functional groups within the same
molecular entity
to the second-order
rate constant
of an analogous
intermolecular
elementary reaction
. This ratio has the dimension of concentration. The term can also apply to an
equilibrium constant
.
See also:
intramolecular catalysis
Source:
PAC, 1994,
66
, 1077
(Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994))
on page 1108