Answer the following questions for this E1 reaction: (a) What is the rate expression for the reaction?

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Answer the following questions for this E1 reaction:

CH3CHC(CH3)2Br + CH3OH CHCH=C(CH3)2 + Br + CH3OH+

(a) What is the rate expression for the reaction?

(b) Draw the reaction profile for the reaction. Label all parts. Assume that the products are lower in energy than the reactants.

(c) What is the effect on the rate of the reaction of doubling the concentration of CH3CH2C(CH3)2Br?

(d) What is the effect on the rate of the reaction of doubling the concentration of CH3OH?

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General Chemistry Principles And Modern Applications

ISBN: 9780132931281

11th Edition

Authors: Ralph Petrucci, Jeffry Madura, F. Herring, Carey Bissonnette

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