interconverted

Interconverted is the past participle of interconvert, meaning to be converted back and forth between two or more forms, states, or substances. The term emphasizes reversibility and dynamic exchange rather than a one-way transformation. It is used across disciplines to describe systems where distinct forms can be interchanged under specific conditions.

In chemistry, interconversion refers to reversible transformations between species such as isomers, conformers, or tautomers. Common examples include ring flipping between chair conformers in cyclohexane, keto–enol tautomerization, and cis–trans isomerization. The observed distribution at a given temperature depends on energy barriers and thermodynamic stability; rates are described by interconversion kinetics and equilibrium constants.

In biology and biochemistry, interconversion describes reversible changes in molecular state, such as interconversion between active and inactive enzyme conformations, or between metabolic intermediates in a cycle. These processes can be regulated by factors like ligand binding, phosphorylation, pH, and redox state.

In materials science and physics, the term can apply to interconversion between different energy states or structural forms, such as spin states, or between allotropes or polymorphs that are accessible under varying pressure, temperature, or chemical environment.

The concept is closely linked to dynamic equilibrium, mutarotation, tautomerization, and interconversion kinetics, and it emphasizes the reversibility and controllability of form changes in complex systems.