Essential Organic Chemistry, Global Edition
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Author: Paula Yurkanis Bruice
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Chapter 5.9, Problem 19P
Draw a reaction coordinate diagram for the following reaction in which C is the most stable and B the least stable of the three species and the transition state going from A to B is more stable than the transition state going from B to C:
- a. How many intermediates are there?
- b. How many transition states are there?
- c. Which step has the greater rate constant in the forward direction?
- d. Which step has the greater rate constant in the reverse direction?
- e. Of the four steps, which has the greatest rate constant?
- f. Which is the rate-determining step in the forward direction?
- g. Which is the rate-determining step in the reverse direction?
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Essential Organic Chemistry, Global Edition
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