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Lecture 14 Thursday 2/21/08

Lecture 14 Thursday 2/21/08. Pseudo Steady State Hypothesis (PSSH) Net Rate of Reaction of Active Intermediates is Zero Hall of Fame Reaction: 2NO +O 2  2NO 2.

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Lecture 14 Thursday 2/21/08

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  1. Lecture 14 Thursday 2/21/08 Pseudo Steady State Hypothesis (PSSH) Net Rate of Reaction of Active Intermediates is Zero Hall of Fame Reaction: 2NO +O2 2NO2

  2. An active intermediate is a molecule that is in a highly energetic and reactive state It is short lived as it disappears virtually as fast as it is formed. That is, the net rate of reaction of an active intermediate, A*, is zero. The assumption that the net rate of reaction is zero is called the Pseudo Steady State Hypothesis (PSSH)

  3. Example The rate law for the reaction is found from experiment to be How did this rate law come about? Suggest a mechanism consistent with the rate law.

  4. For reactions with active intermediates, the reaction coordinated discussed in Chapter 3 now has trough in it and the active intermediate, A*, sits in this trough

  5. Solution (1) (2) (3)

  6. Rates Laws Reaction (1) (1) Reaction (2) (2) Reaction (3) (3) Relative Rates (4)

  7. Net Rates: Rate of Formation of Product (4) (5) (6) Solving for (7)

  8. Substituting for in Equation (4) the rate of formation of B is (8) Relative rates overall (9)

  9. For high concentrations of A, we can neglect with regard to , i.e., and the rate law becomes (10) Apparent first order.

  10. For low concentrations of A, we can neglect with regard to , i.e., and the rate law becomes (11) Apparent second order Dividing by and letting and we have the rate law wewere asked to derive (12)

  11. Active Intermediates A → B + C Propose a mechanism Treat each step as elementary But C*A cannot be measured since it is so small The rate law found experimentally matches this proposed reaction mechanism A* B+C A+A

  12. What about 2NO + O2→ 2NO2 Product NO2

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