Temperature effect on the degradation of a multisulfa preparation was evaluated at 60 and 70 C. If the first-order reaction rate constants responsible for the degradation at these two temperatures were 8.2 x 10-4 and 1.96 x 10-3 hr-1, respectively, answer the following TWO questions

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Temperature effect on the degradation of a multisulfa preparation was evaluated at 60 and 70 C. If the
first-order reaction rate constants responsible for the degradation at these two temperatures were 8.2 x
10-4 and 1.96 x 10-3 hr-1, respectively, answer the following TWO questions.

6. Calculate the activation energy, Ea, for this drug in this temperature range (in kcal/mol).
(The gas constant; R = 1.987 cal/deg mol)

ln (k2/k1) = Ea/R (T2 – T1) / (T2 x T1)
ln (0.00196/0.00082) = Ea/1.987 (343 – 333) / (343 x 333)
Ea = 19,777 cal/mol ~19.8 kcal/mol 

 

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