AP Chemistry Unit 5.10 Multistep Reaction Energy Profiles

Multistep Reaction Energy Profiles

  • The slowest (rate-determining) step in a mechanism will have the highest activation energy
    • On graph, will have the highest peak
  • Number of peaks = number of elementary steps
  • Intermediates are found in minimums of graph; the transition states are found in the maximum of graphs
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