geminate pair

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.G02602
Pair of @[email protected] in close proximity in solution within a solvent @[email protected] and resulting from reaction (e.g. bond scission, @[email protected], group transfer) of a precursor that constitutes a single kinetic entity.
See also:
ion pair
,
radical pair
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077. (Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 1117 [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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