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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Phys Org Chem. 2013 Sep 20;27(4):269–276. doi: 10.1002/poc.3195

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Reaction coordinate profiles for nonenzymatic and enzyme-catalyzed deprotonation of a weak carbon acid to form a carbanion, which show the effect of a reduction in the thermodynamic barrier to intermediate formation (ΔΔGo) on the activation barrier for the enzymatic reaction (ΔΔGf).