Chapter 20, Problem 79IAE

Hydroxide ion is involved in the mechanism of the following reaction but is not consumed in the overall reaction.

   ${\text{OCI}}^{-}+{\text{I}}^{-}\to {\text{OI}}^{-}+{\text{CI}}^{-}$

From the data given, determine the order with respect to ${\text{OCI}}^{\text{-}}$ , ${\text{I}}^{-}$ , and ${\text{OH}}^{\text{-}}$ .

1. What is the overall reaction order?

Write the rate equation, and determine the value of the rate constant, k