The question is, why would this molecule here be more reactive than this molecule here? Well, because in this case, this negative charge of negative two is farther away from this negative one charge. But in this case, these two negative charges are closer. And we know from physics, whenever we have two light charges that are closer, that will increase that electric repulsive force between these two points in space. And so that's why this will be slightly higher in energy and more reactive than this molecule. So we ultimately want to make the molecule more reactive in step three.