Discuss, with reasoning, the validity of the following statements in NO MORE than 90 words for each part: (i) The presence of a high-energy transition state on the pathway between reactants and a particular product means that product wi not be observed in the experiment.
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![(b)
Discuss, with reasoning, the validity of the following statements in NO
MORE than 90 words for each part:
(i)
The presence of a high-energy transition state on the pathway
between reactants and a particular product means that product will
not be observed in the experiment.
(ii)
The observations from a reaction scattering experiment can be
used as a probe of the shape of the potential energy surface of the
reaction.
(ii)
Evidence that a bimolecular reaction occurs via a harpoon
mechanism is that the observed rate of reaction is faster than
predicted with simple collision theory.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F961b8ad3-c169-4966-b1ab-e4f1d89e3c98%2Fcc3dc97d-3338-42da-8ff4-1ba5b03fe806%2Fac5mo04_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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