The mechanism for the oxidation of HBr by O2 to form 2 H2O and Br2 is shown

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The mechanism for the oxidation of HBr by O2 to form 2 H2O and Br2 is shown in Exercise 14.80.
(a) Calculate the overall standard enthalpy change for the reaction process.
(b) HBr does not react with O2 at a measurable rate at room temperature under ordinary conditions. What can you infer from this about the magnitude of the activation energy for the rate-determining step?
(c) Draw a plausible Lewis structure for the intermediate HOOBr. To what familiar compound of hydrogen and oxygen does it appear similar?
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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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