What Is True About the Free Energy Diagram for the Following

question 20

Multiple Choice

What is true about the free energy diagram for the following reaction?

• A)The first step of this reaction is the rate-determining step.
• B)The free energy diagram for this reaction has three different transition states.
• C)The overall products for this reaction include a carboxylic acid.
• D)The first step of this reaction is exothermic.
• E)The second step of this reaction is irreversible.

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