Ground state and excited state

[atlanta213]

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Could you guys explain the ground state and excited state?

I know those are related to electron configurations in gen chem. As far as I remember correctly, I also saw this in orgo section too. Which part of orgo related to ground state and excited state?


Thanks you guys!

 

[klutzy1987]

Ground state is where an electron normally would reside. When it is excited that means that it has extra energy and is in a different orbital that where it would normally be found because it has more energy than usual.