What is the overall balanced reaction for Cl2 ---> 2Cl Fast Step. Solution The f

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The following mechanism has been proposed for the gas phase reaction of chloroform, CHCl3 and chlorine: Cl2(g) ->2Cl(g) FAST Cl(g) +CHCl3­(g) ->HCl(g) + CCl3(g) SLOW Cl(g) + CCl3(g) -> CCl4(g) FAST a. What is the overall reaction? b. What are the intermediates in the mechanism? c. What is the molecularity of each of the elementary steps? d. What is the rate-determining step? e. What is the rate law predicted by this mechanism? ------------------------------------ a. Cl2 + CHCl3 --> HCl + CCl4 b. Cl & CCl3 c. 1, 2, 2 d. Second Step e. As you have written the mechanism here, the rate law is Rate = k [CHCl3] [Cl2] However, in reality, the top reaction is reversible and the reverse reaction is fast, which leads to the real rate law: Rate = k [CHCl3] [Cl2]^(1/2).

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