General Chemistry 10th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1-28505-137-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-137-6

Chapter 13 - Rates of Reaction - Questions and Problems - Page 585: 13.89

Answer

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Work Step by Step

We know that step 1 of the isomerization of cyclopropane $C_3H_6$ is slow so the rate law for the over all reaction will be the rate law for this step with $K_1=k$ and hence $Rate=K[C_3H_6]^2$
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