Are the activities exothermic or endothermic?
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Answer:
Explanation:
In the chlorination of alkanes, the condition necessary is UV light so free radical substitution can take place. For alkanes like pentane, the primary, secondary and tertiary Hydrogen atoms (Hydrogen atoms bonded to their respective carbon) þare taken into consideration and this is because the tertiary Hydrogen is the most reactive (due to bond dissociation energy) hence the easiest to be substituted. The trend is as follows in the order of their reactivity;
1° < 2° < 3°
So, the products of the chlorination of pentane, the principal monochloride constituted is 3 - chloropentane while the other two monomers are:
2- chloropentane
1- chloropentane
Below is the attachment showing the structural formula of the three monochloride constituted pentane.
Answer: Option (c) is the correct answer.
Explanation:
It is known that when Gibb's free energy, that is, has a negative value then the reaction will be spontaneous and the formation of products is favored more rapidly.
Activation energy is defined as the minimum amount of energy required to initiate a chemical reaction.
So, when reactants of a chemical reaction are unable to reach towards its activation energy then a catalyst is added to lower the activation energy barrier so the reaction can take place rapidly.
Since, the given reaction has low activation energy. Therefore, there is no need to add a catalyst.
And, when value of is positive then the reaction is spontaneous in nature and formation of products is less favored.
Thus, we can conclude that for the given situation positive delta G is the reason that a reaction might form products very slowly, or not at all.