Chapter 14, Problem 44PS

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

From the given species the enzyme that binds best has to be determined.

Concept introduction:

In order to establish the plausibility of a mechanism, one must compare the rate law of the rate determining step to the experimentally determined rate law.

Rate determining step: In a chemical reaction the rate determining step is the slowest step in which the rate of the reaction depends on the rate of that slowest step.

Rate law: It is generally the rate equation that consists of the reaction rate with the concentration or the pressures of the reactants and constant parameters.

Activation energy: It is defined as the minimum energy required by the reacting species in order to undergo chemical reaction.

Intermediate species: It is the species formed during the middle of the chemical reaction between the reactant and the desired product.

Enzyme: Enzymes are biological catalyst which their active site binds with the reaction in order to accomplish a reaction. The active site in enzyme is referred to the site where the takes place.