DECOMPOSITION OF AZOMETHANE

Review

Overall Reaction	AZO → C2H6 + N2
Experimental Rate Law (at low [AZO])	+d[N2]/dt = ka[AZO]2
Proposed Mechanism
Rate of Production of (Azomethane)* in the 1st Elementary Step	(d[AZO*]/dt)1 = k1[AZO]2

Rate of Production of (Azomethane)* in the Second Elementary Step {(+d[AZO*]/dt)₂}

Similarly, for the second elementary step

the rate of production of (azomethane)* would be

+d[AZO*]/dt = +k_-1[AZO]²

+d[AZO*]/dt = +k_-1[AZO][AZO*]

+d[AZO*]/dt = +k_-1[AZO*]

+d[AZO*]/dt = -k_-1[AZO]²

+d[AZO*]/dt = -k_-1[AZO][AZO*]

+d[AZO*]/dt = -k_-1[AZO*]