Which Statement Does Not Apply to Transition States

question 50

Multiple Choice

Which statement does not apply to transition states?

• A)Many have been detected experimentally.
• B)Chemical bonds are in the process of being formed and broken.
• C)Have lifetimes on the order of 10-14 to 10-13 seconds.
• D)Differ in energy from the ground state by the activation energy.

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