In a reaction energy profile for a multistep mechanism
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Problem
In a reaction energy profile for a multistep mechanism, which feature of the graph corresponds to a reaction intermediate?
(a) The vertical distance from a local minimum to the next peak in the profile
(b) The final minimum representing the stable products
(c) A local minimum situated between two successive energy maxima
(d) A local maximum that occurs between two minima in the profile