Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Students in a SCH4U class were examining the reaction between...

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Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Students in a SCH4U class were examining the reaction between 2-bromo-2-methlypropane and water: (CH3)3CBT (aq) + H₂O → (CH3)3COH (4) +H* (sq) + Br¨(aq) Their rate experiments show that the reaction is first order in (CH3),CBr, but zero order in water. One of the students, Yuek-Fen, presented the following rate mechanism to her class for the above reaction. Determine if the mechanism below is plausible. Explain how you arrived at your decision. (CH3)3CBr (aq) (CH3)3CH (aq) + H₂O (CH3)3COH₂ (aq) → (CH3)3C (aq) + Br(aq) (slow) → (CH3)3COH₂ (aq) (fast) → 2H (aq) +(CH3)3COH (aq) (fast) Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Students in a SCH4U class were examining the reaction between 2-bromo-2-methlypropane and water: (CH3)3CBT (aq) + H₂O → (CH3)3COH (4) +H* (sq) + Br¨(aq) Their rate experiments show that the reaction is first order in (CH3),CBr, but zero order in water. One of the students, Yuek-Fen, presented the following rate mechanism to her class for the above reaction. Determine if the mechanism below is plausible. Explain how you arrived at your decision. (CH3)3CBr (aq) (CH3)3CH (aq) + H₂O (CH3)3COH₂ (aq) → (CH3)3C (aq) + Br(aq) (slow) → (CH3)3COH₂ (aq) (fast) → 2H (aq) +(CH3)3COH (aq) (fast)

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The mechanism proposed by YuekFen for the reaction between 2bromo2methylpropane and water is implaus... View the full answer