The energy required to bring the substrates of a reaction together in the correct way to reach the transition state is called

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Activation energy is the minimum energy required to initiate a chemical reaction by bringing the reactants to the transition state. Free energy refers to the energy available to do work in a system, while enthalpy and entropy refer to the heat content and disorder of a system, respectively, and do not specifically relate to the energy required for a reaction to occur.

The Energy Required to Bring the Substrates of a Reaction