(Chemical Kinetics and Chemical Bonding)
Suggested Answers1 (a) (i) Comparing Expt 1 and 2:Increasing [propanone] by four times causes rate to increase by four times.Reaction is first order with respect to propanone.Comparing Expt 1 and 4:Increasing [H
+
] by two times causes the rate to increase by two times.Reaction is first order with respect to H
+
.Comparing Expt 3 and 4:Increasing [iodine] by 8 times did not cause the rate to increase.Reaction is zero order with respect to
I
2.
Since the concentration of the intermediate is directly affected by theconcentration of propanone and the concentration of intermediate is directlyaffected by the concentration of H
+
. Thus, the rate equation of the slow stepwhich is first order with respective to the intermediate, will also be first order with H
+
and propanone.This is shown in the slow step of the reaction. Thus, the mechanism isplausible.(ii) Rate = k[H
+
][propanone](iii) Using experiment 1:0.001 = k(0.01)(0.01)k = 10 mol
-1
dm
3
min
-1
(b) (i)
E
a
(step 3)
Δ
H
r
CCH
3
CH
3
O
+
H
+
CCH
3
CH
3
OH
+
CCH
2
CH
3
OH
CIH
2
CCH
3
O
+
IH
E
a
(slow step)EnergyReaction Coordinate
E
a
( s t e p 1 )
Note: Only need to indicate E
a
of the slow step and the
∆
H
r
. I have includedthe other E
a
so that you can see that step 2 has the highest E
a
.
∆
H
r
= +22 kJ mol
-1
(step taken: bond broken – bond formed)(ii) H
+
acts as a homogenous catalyst.
Kwok YL
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