How important is the resonance structure shown here to the overall structure of carbon dioxide?
1 answer:
1. Resonance structures are a better description of a Lewis dot structure .
2. Best resonance structure is the one with the least formal charge.
<u>EXPLAINATION OF RASONANCE STRUCTURE OF CARBON DIOXIDE</u>
1.Carbon dioxide has three resonance structures .
2. The CO2 molecule has a total of 16 valence electrons ,
1C = 4 electrons
2O= 12 electrons
<u>three resonance structures for CO2</u>
1. The atoms in all three resonance structures have full octets;
structure 1 will be more stable because it has no separation of charge.
2. Structures 2 and 3 show charge separation caused by the presence of formal charges on both oxygen atoms.
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(2) SO3 + C6H6 → H(C6H5+)SO3−
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(3) H(C6H5+)SO3− + HSO4− → C6H5SO3− + H2SO4
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(4) C6H5SO3− + H3O+ → C6H5SO3H + H2O
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write the overall rate law for the initial rate of the reaction as a fraction.
Rate=k(________/_________)
Answer:
The overall rate law for the initial reaction is =
Explanation :
Frist of all, all the common terms are cancelled out and written the overall reaction.
As we know that the rate depednant step is the slowest step of the reaction, rate law is :
rate =
But the problem is that SO3 cannot be written in the overall rate law because it is an intermediate.
Rate law for synthesis of S03 is as follows :
rate =
Hence when we substitute equation 2 in equation one,
Rate comes out to be =