Transition State - History of Concept

History of Concept

The concept of a transition state has been important in many theories of the rate at which chemical reactions occur. This started with the transition state theory (also referred to as the activated complex theory), which was first developed around 1935 and which introduced basic concepts in chemical kinetics which are still used today.

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