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JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryChemical KineticsJEE Main

**Assertion:** According to transition state theory, for the formation of an activated complex, one of the vibrational degrees of freedom is converted into a translational degree of freedom.

**Reason:** Energy of the activated complex is higher than the energy of reactant molecules.

Answer: (B)

Solution

Transition state theory does describe the formation of the activated complex in terms of one vibrational degree of freedom converting into a translational one along the reaction coordinate — the Assertion is true. The Reason, that the activated

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