unimolecular
Adjective
Meaning
unimolecular (not comparable)
(chemistry, physics, of a reaction) involving a single molecule
Synonym: monomolecular
Synonyms
Related terms
Examples
Only one molecule is involved in a unimolecular reaction; it is transformed by an isomerization or a dissociation into one or more other molecules.
These methods enable simple estimates of unimolecular reaction rates from a few characteristics of the potential surface.