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Title: Kinetics: Partial mechanism
Post by: candiishop on November 06, 2006, 09:23:46 AM

I have a question which i don't understand:

It says a partial mechansim for the reaction may be proposed as :

MnO4- + C6H5CH2OH + H+ --------> intermediate

Write one sentence to explain why such a mechanism is flawed?? Thanks heaps

Title: Re: Kinetics: Partial mechanism
Post by: Yggdrasil on November 06, 2006, 03:24:03 PM

How often do trimolecular collisions occur?

Title: Re: Kinetics: Partial mechanism
Post by: candiishop on November 07, 2006, 06:19:06 AM

Trimolecular molecules rarely occur. Thanks.