Talk:Hammond's postulate
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"Hammond's postulate connects the rate of a reaction and the ratio of intermediates formed by saying that a more stable intermediate has a lower energy transition state than a corresponding less stable intermediate which has a higher energy transition state because the intermediates and the transition states resemble one another."
By reading the paper, Hammond did not say that. The beauty of Hammond's postulate is the fact that the nuclear reorganization have to be small in those steps that involve two states that are very close in energy. This, gave birth to the structural comparison between the starting materials, products and the possible "stable intermediates" to be able to stablish an explanation to the fact that not always the most stable product is the one that is favored in a reaction process.
