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Transition States Exercise

Introduction

What is meant by a minimum and transition state in the context of a potential energy surface What is the gradient and curvature at each of these points? How would a frequency calculation confirm a structure is either of these points?

Exercise 1: Reaction of Butadiene with Ethylene

The reaction under study

Exercise 2: Reaction of Cyclohexadiene and 1,3-Dioxole

Exercise 3: Diels-Alder vs. Cheletropic