Question

The energy profile of a reaction is used to show the successful collision of every molecule.
Which of the following is the correct order for an energy profile when reading the energy profile from left to right for a simple reaction?

• A. Reactants, intermediate, activated complex, products.
• B. Reactants, intermediate, activated complex, intermediate, products.
• C. Reactants, activated complex, intermediate, products.
• D. Reactants, activated complex, products.

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (C)

The correct options are
A Reactants, intermediate, activated complex, products.
C Reactants, activated complex, intermediate, products.

The correct order for a given energy profile is-

Reactants,activated complex,intermediate, activated complex, products.

Therefore both options (A) and (C) can considered to be correct but the exact order as mentioned in solution.