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    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Chemistry 5.43: Advanced Organic Chemistry Spring 2007

    The Hammond Postulate:

    If two states, for example a transition state and an intermediate, occur consecutively during a
    reaction process and have nearly the same energy, their interconversion will involve only a small
    reorganization of molecular structure.

    The Curtin–Hammett Principle:

    In a chemical reaction that yields one product from one conformer/reactant and a different
    product from another conformer/reactant (and provided these two conformers/reactants are
    rapidly interconvertible relative to the rate of product formation), the product composition is
    controlled by the difference in free energies of the respective transition states.

    The Principle of Mircroscopic Reversibility:

    For reversible thermal reactions, the same pathway that is followed in the forward direction of a
    reaction will be followed in the reverse direction.

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