Reaction Coordinate Diagram With Intermediates. On the far left of the diagram are the reactant species and on the far right are the product species. The reaction coordinate diagram is represented below.
Overall free energy change and activation energy. The rate is mathematically represented by a rate constant k. Together the products o 2 and atomic o have a higher energy than the reactant o 3 and energy must be added to the system for this reaction.
Ea1 and ea2 represent the activation energy for step 1 and step 2 in the reaction.
Together the products o 2 and atomic o have a higher energy than the reactant o 3 and energy must be added to the system for this reaction. δh represents the difference between enthalpy of reactants and products. General structure of a reaction coordinate diagram including transition states and intermediates. The step with the highest activation energy is the slowest step reaction.
