The following mechanism has been proposed for the gas- phase reaction of chloroform (CHCI3) and chlorine: k1 Step 1: Cl2(g) 2 Cl(g) (fast) k - 1 k2 Step 2: Cl(g) + CHC1,(g) HCl(g) + CCl,(8) (slow) k3 Step 3: Cl(g) + CC13(g) CCl4 (fast) (a) What is the overall reaction? (b) What are the inter- mediates 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 (CHCI3) and chlorine: k1 Step 1: Cl2(g) 2 Cl(g) (fast) k - 1 k2 Step 2: Cl(g) + CHC1,(g) HCl(g) + CCl,(8) (slow) k3 Step 3: Cl(g) + CC13(g) CCl4 (fast) (a) What is the overall reaction? (b) What are the inter- mediates 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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