encounter complex

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A @[email protected] of @[email protected] produced at an @[email protected], and which occurs as an intermediate in a @[email protected] When the complex is formed from two molecular entities it is called an '@[email protected]'. A distinction between @[email protected] pairs and (larger) @[email protected] complexes may be relevant in some cases, e.g. for mechanisms involving @[email protected]
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077. (Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 1112 [Terms] [Paper]
See also:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2223. (Glossary of terms used in photochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 2239 [Terms] [Paper]
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). Online version (2019-) created by S. J. Chalk. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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