When ethyl bromide is added to potassium tert-butoxide, the product is ethyl tert-butyl ether.
CH₃CH₂–Br + (CH₃)₃C–O^–K⁺ → (CH₃)₃C–O–CH₂CH₃ ethyl bromide potassium tert-butoxide ethyl tert-butyl ether
b. What happens to the rate if the concentration of potassium tert-butoxide is tripled and the concentration of ethyl ­bromide is doubled?
c. What happens to the rate if the temperature is raised?

From the Arrhenius equation, predict how

b. increasing the temperature affects the rate constant for a reaction.

Consider the following reaction-energy diagram.

a. Label the reactants and the products. Label the activation energy for the first step and the second step.

b. Is the overall reaction endothermic or exothermic? What is the sign of ΔH°?

c. Which points in the curve correspond to intermediates? Which correspond to transition states?

d. Label the transition state of the rate-limiting step. Does its structure resemble the reactants, the products, or an ­intermediate?

The rate of the reaction of methyl chloride with hydroxide ion is linearly dependent on both the concentration of methyl chloride and the concentration hydroxide ion. At 30 °C, the constant (k) for the reaction is 1.0 × 10^-5 M^-1 s^-1

b. If the concentration of methyl chloride is decreased to 0.010 M, what will be the effect on

1. the rate of the reaction?

2. the rate constant for the reaction?

When ethyl bromide is added to potassium tert-butoxide, the product is ethyl tert-butyl ether.

CH₃CH₂–Br + (CH₃)₃C–O^–K⁺ → (CH₃)₃C–O–CH₂CH₃ ethyl bromide potassium tert-butoxide ethyl tert-butyl ether

a. What happens to the reaction rate if the concentration of ethyl bromide is doubled?

Draw a reaction coordinate diagram for a one step reaction that has the following values of E_a and ∆H. (a) E_a = 9 kcal/mol ; ∆H° = + 4 kcal/mol