Consider the pair of solvolysis reactions. Draw the organic products, then predict the type of substitution mechanism and compar
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Solvolysis is a chemical reaction in which the solvent, such as water or alcohol, is one of the reagents and is present in great excess of that required for the reaction. The solvents act as or produce electron-rich atoms or groups of atoms (nucleophiles) that displace an atom or group in the substrate molecule(Encyclopedia Britannica).
For the two reactions, the organic product is the same(the product is drawn in the second image attached). The both reactions occur by SN1 mechanism since the substrate is a tertiary alkyl halide. The nucleophile is CH3OH and the rate of reaction depends on the concentration of the alkyl halide and independent of the concentration of methanol present.
Therefore, changing the volume of the solvent has no effect on the rate of reaction. The two reactions proceed at exactly the same rate since the initial concentration of the alkyl halide is the same for both reactions.
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<u>Answer:</u> The rate law expression for the given reaction is written below.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Rate law is defined as the expression which expresses the rate of the reaction in terms of molar concentration of the reactants with each term raised to the power their stoichiometric coefficient of that reactant in the balanced chemical equation.
For the given chemical equation:
Rate law expression for the reaction:
Hence, the rate law expression for the given reaction is written above.