![]() Carbocations and free-radicals are examples of intermediates. ![]() ![]() An intermediate is a species at an energy minimum in a reaction coordinate, and is (in theory) isolable. Tip: Don’t confuse a transition state with an intermediate. A transition state has partial bonds, an extremely short lifetime (measured in femtoseconds), and cannot be isolated. ![]() ,MJIK89-\+-/Here’s a question that comes up a lot: What’s a transition state?Ī transition state is a very short-lived configuration of atoms at a local energy maximum in a reaction-energy diagram (aka reaction coordinate).
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