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What is the significance of the transition state structure?
What is the significance of the transition state structure?
Options
- AIt is the final structure of the product
- BIt represents the highest energy state
- CIt is a stable structural state
- DIt is the structural transformation between substrate and product
Correct answer
D. It is the structural transformation between substrate and product
Step-by-step solution
The structure of substrate gets transformed into the structure of product(s). The pathway of this transformation must go through the so-called transition state structure. There could be many more ‘altered structural states’ between the stable substrate and the product. Implicit in this statement is the fact that all other intermediate structural states are unstable. Stability is something related to energy status of the molecule or the structure.