Each pre-class Podia question is based on the pre-class material and working through the pre-class material will help you formulate your response. Consider the problem and write down/draw out your solution in your class notebook. These questions are designed to hone your skills so that you can analyze and solve mastery problems you will encounter throughout the course.
Two days before the next whole-class session, the pre-class Podia question will become visible in Podia, where you can click on the prompt and submit your answer.
Submissions for pre-class Podia activities are due 1 hour before the start of your whole-class. Be sure to submit your response before the due time.
Day 28 Pre-Class Podia Activity
Consider the following reaction mechanism:
- Determine the molecularity of the two reaction steps associated with this mechanism (i.e., identify whether each process is unimolecular, bimolecular, etc.).
- Identify the intermediate species in the mechanism and, using the letters corresponding to each molecule, build a representation for the overall reaction that this mechanism is modeling.
- Sketch a reaction progress diagram for this reaction showing the relative energy of reactants, products, and intermediates. (Hint: analyze the number of bonds broken and formed in each step of the mechanism.)
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