What is reaction intermediate?

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Reaction intermediate is formed from reactants in a chemical reaction, and react further to produce the final product.
A reaction intermediate is a transient species within a multi-step reaction mechanism that is produced in the preceding step and used in the next step to ultimately produce a final product.

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