What energy transformations took place in transforming chemical energy into kinetic energy? How many energy transformations can
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Answer:
The intermediate is carbocation.
Explanation:
The reaction of alkene with an acid to give alcohol is an electrophilic addition reaction.
In electrophilic reaction, the alkene is being attacked by an alkene.
in case of aqueous acid reaction with alkene , the electrophile is [H⁺].
When the proton attacks the alkene it generates carbocation.
The carbocation generated is formed based on stability of carbocation.
The mechanism is shown in the figure.
The Lewis structures for formate ion and carbon dioxide are shown in the attached pictures. As you can see, the formate ion consists of one C=O bond and one C-O bond, while carbon dioxide has two C=O bonds. Double bonds are weaker, hence, longer compared to single bonds. Therefore, the C-O bonds in the formate ion is shorter than those in carbon dioxide.
