Chemical Kinetics Problem Seen Before
Chemistry
Level
2
The reaction of formation of phosghene from \(\ce{CO}\) and \(\ce{Cl2}\) is \(\ce{CO}+\ce{Cl2}\rightarrow \ce{COCl2}\). The proposed mechanism is as follows:
\(\text{(i) }\ce{Cl2}\xrightarrow [ K_{ 1 } ]{ \xleftarrow { K_{-1} } } \ce{2Cl}\quad(\text{fast})\)
\(\text{(ii) }\ce{Cl}+\ce{CO}\xrightarrow [ K_{ 2 } ]{ \xleftarrow { K_{-2} } } \ce{COCl}\quad(\text{fast})\)
\(\text{(iii) }\ce{COCl}+\ce{Cl2}\xrightarrow { { K }_{ 3 } } \ce{COCl2}+\ce{Cl}\quad(\text{slow})\)
What is the order of reaction?
by
Tanishq Varshney