The following mechanism has been proposed for the gas-phase reaction of chloroform (CHCl3) and chlorine: Step 1:

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The following mechanism has been proposed for the gas-phase reaction of chloroform (CHCl3) and chlorine:
Step 1:
The following mechanism has been proposed for the gas-phase reaction

Step 2:

The following mechanism has been proposed for the gas-phase reaction

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The following mechanism has been proposed for the gas-phase reaction

(a) What is the overall reaction?
(b) What are the intermediates in the mechanism?
(c) What is the molecularity of each of the elementary reactions?
(d) What is the rate-determining step?
(e) What is the rate law predicted by this mechanism?
(The overall reaction order is not an integer.)

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Chemistry The Central Science

ISBN: 978-0321696724

12th edition

Authors: Theodore Brown, Eugene LeMay, Bruce Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward

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