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A contentious #ChemEd #Chemistry #ChemSky summary covering rates of reaction. It is the textbook version & is wrong if you understand kinetics ;) I'll add references showing why as a reply. It's here as most UG still learn it. Hopefully it is useful & doesn't cause too many misconceptions

6/1/26, 7:27 am0 reposts4 likes

Making Molecules

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6 Jan

For those interested in an intro to rate-determining states (replacing Rate Determining Steps) see ChemPhysChem 2011, 12, 1413 (doi.org/10.1002/cphc... (behind a paywall)) or Chem Soc Rev 2025, 54, 9145 (doi.org/10.1039/D4CS...) 'Enjoy' (but not too much as it isn't synthetic/organic chemistry)

I have posted an erroneous summary for 2 (v. poor) reasons: 1) It agrees with the textbooks, so is what most undergraduates are taught (& that is the point of these summaries) &; 2) I haven't had a chance to update it even though it is several years old (writing new summaries instead).