The Transition State of a Reaction Is

question 7

Multiple Choice

The transition state of a reaction is

• A) higher in free energy than the product.
• B) lower in free energy than the ground state of the substrate.
• C) easily isolated.
• D) equal to the G^‡ of the uncatalyzed reaction minus the G^‡ of the catalyzed reaction.

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