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Reaction step
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Chemistry/SrNqkGVm">chemistry</a>, a reaction step of a <a href="/facts/Chemical_reaction/GpqWlKrz">chemical reaction</a> is defined as: <i>"An <a href="/facts/Elementary_reaction/EHoFw8rl">elementary reaction</a>, constituting one of the stages of a <a href="/facts/Stepwise_reaction/rtjq3YA5">stepwise reaction</a> in which a <a href="/facts/Reaction_intermediate/BjD9HAHt">reaction intermediate</a> (or, for the first step, the reactants) is converted into the next <a href="/facts/Reaction_intermediate/BjD9HAHt">reaction intermediate</a> (or, for the last step, the <a href="/facts/Product_(chemistry)/8uCoDUdv">products</a>) in the sequence of intermediates between reactants and products"</i>. To put it simply, it is an elementary reaction which goes from one reaction intermediate to another or to the final product. </p>