Reaction coordinate diagrams
Chemistry
Level
2
What is the total number of intermediate and transition states shown in the reaction coordinate diagram above?
The answer is 5.
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1 solution
From the graph above the point of maxima between A and B is the point where the first T.S. is reached similarly the maxima points between B and C and also between C and D .Hence we have 3 T.S. And the points B and C show the two intermediates So the answer is 5