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Chemistry
The following mechanism has been proposed for the exothermic catalyzed complex reaction. A + B xrightleftharpoons textfast I AB xrightarrowk1 AB + I xrightarrowk2P + A If k 1 is much smaller than k 2. The most suitable qualitative plot of potential energy (P.E.) versus reaction coordinate for the above reaction.

Q. The following mechanism has been proposed for the exothermic catalyzed complex reaction. $A + B fast I A B k X_{1} A B + I k X_{2} P + A$ If $k_{1}$ is much smaller than $k_{2}$ . The most suitable qualitative plot of potential energy (P.E.) versus reaction coordinate for the above reaction.

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Solution:

Correct answer is (a)