JEE Main Chemistry question

Chemistry Chemical Kinetics JEE Main

The reaction obeys I order with respect to and both: . Which of the following mechanism is inconsistent with the given fact?

Mechanism : (single step)

Mechanism : (i) (ii)

(A) and both
(B)Neither nor
(C) onlyCorrect
(D) only

Answer: (C)

Solution

If mechanism were a genuine single elementary (termolecular) step, its rate law would be — second order in — which contradicts the observed first-order dependence on ; so mechanism is inconsistent with the

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Question ID VK-144501