Organic Chemistry (9th Edition)
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Author: Leroy G. Wade, Jan W. Simek
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Chapter 4.8, Problem 4.13P
When a small piece of plat num is added to a mixture of ethene and hydrogen, the following reaction occurs:
Doubling the concentration of hydrogen has no effect on the reaction rate. Doubling the concentration of ethene also has no effect.
- a. What is the kinetic order of this reaction with respect to ethene? With respect to hydrogen? What is the overall order?
- b. Write the unusual rate equation for this reaction.
- c. Explain this strange rate equation and suggest what one might do to accelerate the reaction.
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