k = (kBT/h) e^(-ΔG‡/RT). Thermodynamic formulation of TST; ΔH‡ from slope, ΔS‡ from intercept of Eyring plot. Relates kinetics to transition-state thermodynamics.
Eyring equation (transition state theory)
Related concepts
- Radical chain mechanism
- Kinetic isotope effects
- Hammett σ/ρ linear free-energy relation
- Curtin–Hammett principle
- Principle of least motion
- Principle of microscopic reversibility
- Transition-state theory
- Hammond postulate
- Marcus theory of electron transfer
- Eyring enzyme framework: k_cat = (k_B T / h)·exp(-ΔG‡/RT) (transition-state rate)