NEET levelSingle correct optionDifficulty 1 of 3g3118
According to the Hammond postulate, the transition state of a highly exothermic step
Aresembles the products (it is late)
Blies exactly midway between reactants and products
Cresembles the reactants (it is early)
Dhas no structure at all
Answer: C
In a strongly exothermic step the transition state lies close in energy to the reactants. By the Hammond postulate it therefore looks like the reactants, that is, it is an early transition state.