ABSTRACT
One of the most common expedients in this chapter and identification of the topological structure of complex reaction mechanisms is the analysis of hypothetical conjugation nodes on the patways to different products. Surely, this method of studying the topological structure is meaningful only if the reaction to be studied is stoichiometrically ambiguous. In the case of a catalytic reaction in solution of any metal complex, concentrations will increase with increasing the total catalyst concentration. The addition of inhibitors and activators to the enzymatic systems is successfully used in mechanistic studies. This expedient is of particular assistance if one manages to create a new reaction route to produce a new product. Dimensionless rate equations of this sort can be used in the evaluation and discrimination of hypothetical mechanisms, the identification of fragments of the topological structure, and the derivation of standard rate laws (in which the rate is a function of concentrations).
