Researchers indicated that the main reactions in the catalytic hydrogenation of cottonseed oil are:

where A is linoleic acid, B is cis-oleic acid, C is isooleic acid, and D is stearic acid. (a) If each of these reactions is regarded as irreversible pseudo first-order, derive equations for the time dependence of each species in terms of the initial concentrations and the appropriate rate constants. For run 3 , the following parameter values were estimated. k1=0.0133min1k2=0.0108min1k3=0.0024min1k4=0.0024min1k5=0.0080min1 (b) If one were to start with pure linoleic acid, determine the time dependent behavior of all species in terms of normalized concentrations (Ci/CA0)