composite reaction

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.C01211
A @[email protected] for which the expression for the @[email protected] of a reactant (or @[email protected] of a product) involves rate constants of more than a single @[email protected] Examples are '@[email protected]' (where rate constants of two opposed chemical reactions are involved), '@[email protected]' (for which the @[email protected] of any reactant is governed by the rate constants relating to several @[email protected] to form different respective products from a single set of reactants), and @[email protected]
Sources:
PAC, 1993, 65, 2291. (Nomenclature of kinetic methods of analysis (IUPAC Recommendations 1993)) on page 2293 [Terms] [Paper]
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077. (Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 1098 [Terms] [Paper]