Lecture 4
Professor Hicks Inorganic Chemistry (CHE152) Add the following homework problems Chapter 14: 61, 63, 69, 71 Equilibrium for a Multi- step Mechanism A + 2B + D E A + 2B C
k1F k1R
C + D E
k2F k2R At equilibrium forward and backward rates for the first and second steps k1F[A][B]2=k1R[C] k2F[C][D] = k2R[E] and Multiply equation 1 by equation 2 = K1K2 = Keq (for the overall reaction) [C] [A][B]2 [E] [C][D] x [E] [A][B]2[D]= Keq = [C] [A][B]2 k1F k1R (1) = K1 = [E] [C][D] k2F k2R (2) = K2 The equilibrium constant (Keq) for a multistep process can be obtained from the overall reaction It is equal to the ratio of products to reactants raised to their stoichiometric numbers