Composite Reactions & the Steady State Approximation

HALOGENATION OF PROPANONE

Hint

For an elementary reaction of the form, aA + bB → cC

[Rate of Elementary Reaction]

Note: Only the reactant concentrations appear in the rate expression (i.e., A and B for the reaction given above).

Elementary or Composite?

If the reaction

Pk + I2 → PI + H+ + I-
was elementary, the rate law could be written as:

-d[I2]/dt = -k[PI][H+][I-]

-d[I2]/dt = +k[PI][H+][I-]

-d[I2]/dt = -k[Pk][I2]

-d[I2]/dt = +k[Pk][I2]