Reaction Mechanisms

@ Shakur Chemistry Tutorials In this tutorial, we will use the rate orders of the reactants in experimentally determine rate laws to propose reaction mechanisms for reactions. A series of elementary steps, in which the fast and rate-determining step are stated, is used to represent a reaction mechanism. To arrive at a valid reaction mechanism, a number of factors such as the molecularity of the reactants, reaction intermediates, the rate order of the rate-determining step, and the net equation are involved.