Determine the rate law and rate constant for the decomposition of the organic compound 1,3-pentadiene.
1,3-pentadiene → products

The concentration of 1,3-pentadiene was measured as a function of time. The data are as follows:

Strategy

A logic flow diagram shows the strategy. We will prepare up to three graphs: concentration versus time to check for zero-order kinetics, ln[concentration] versus time to check for first-order kinetics, and 1/[concentration] versus time to check for second-order kinetics.

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Time (s) 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 [1,3-pentadiene] (M) In[1,3-pentadiene] -0.734 -1.720 -2.207 -2.532 -2.777 -2.976 0.480 0.179 0.110 0.0795 0.0622 0.0510 1/[1,3-pentadiene] 2.08 5.59 9.09 12.6 16.1 19.6