The following mechanism has been proposed for the gas- phase reaction of chloroform (CHCI,) and chlorine: Step 1: Cl2(8) 2 CI(g) (fast) Step 2: CI(g) + CHCI3(g) , HCI(8) + CC13(8) (slow) Step 3: CI(g) + CCl;(g) , CC4 (fast) (a) What is the overall reaction? (b) What are the intermedi- ates in the mechanism? (c) What is the molecularity of each of the elementary reactions? (d) What is the rate-determining step? (e) What is the rate law predicted by this mechanism? (Hint: The overall reaction order is not an integer.)

The following mechanism has been proposed for the gas- phase reaction of chloroform (CHCI,) and chlorine: Step 1: Cl2(8) 2 CI(g) (fast) Step 2: CI(g) + CHCI3(g) , HCI(8) + CC13(8) (slow) Step 3: CI(g) + CCl;(g) , CC4 (fast) (a) What is the overall reaction? (b) What are the intermedi- ates in the mechanism? (c) What is the molecularity of each of the elementary reactions? (d) What is the rate-determining step? (e) What is the rate law predicted by this mechanism? (Hint: The overall reaction order is not an integer.)

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