Answer the following questions for this E2 reaction: (a) What is the rate expression for the reaction?

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Answer the following questions for this E2 reaction:

CHCHCHBr + NaOH CH,CH=CH2 + NaBr + H,O

(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 CH3CH2CH2Br?

(d) What is the effect on the rate of the reaction of halving the concentration of NaOH?

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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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