Pseudo-order reactions calculations with

Figure 8.1 Simulation of protein fluorescence quenching (F) during NADH binding to lactate dehydrogenase. The curve for (1 — a) rqnesents the exponential time course of a pseudo first order reaction calculated from the fluorescence change as described in the text. The displaced trace is an exponential with the amplitude and time constant of the fluorescence change.

Measuring a second order reaction rate with reactants A and B can be problematic the concentrations of the two reactants must be followed simultaneously, which is difficult or one of them can be measured and the other calculated as a difference, which is less precise. A common solution for that problem is the pseudo first order approximation. If the concentration of one of the reactants remains constant (because it is a catalyst or it is in great excess with respect to the other reactants) its concentration can be grouped with the rate constant, thereby obtaining a pseudo constant. 

From the results of experiment 2.1, we confirmed decomposition reaction is pseudo first-order, and calculated pseudo first-order decomposition rate constants. Then fixnn relationship between each first-order reaction rate constant and sodium hydroxide concentration, we confirmed that the reaction is expressed by second-order with expression first-orders for both of sodium hydroxide and fenitrothion. 

In the case of 0-pipettes, the collection efficiency also decreases markedly with increasing separation. The situation becomes more complicated when the transferred ion participates in a homogeneous chemical reaction. For the pseudo-first-order reaction a semiquantita-tive description is given by the family of dimensionless working curves calculated for two disks (Fig. 6) [23]. Clearly, at any separation distance the collection efficiency approaches zero when the dimensionless rate constant (a = 2kr /D, where k is the first-order rate constant of the homogeneous ionic reaction) becomes 1. 

A distinction between "molecularity" and "kinetic order" was deliberately made, "Mechanism" of reaction was said to be a matter at the molecular level. In contrast, kinetic order is calculated from macroscopic quantities "which depend in part on mechanism and in part on circumstances other than mechanism."81 The kinetic rate of a first-order reaction is proportional to the concentration of just one reactant the rate of a second-order reaction is proportional to the product of two concentrations. In a substitution of RY by X, if the reagent X is in constant excess, the reaction is (pseudo) unimolecular with respect to its kinetic order but bimolecular with respect to mechanism, since two distinct chemical entities form new bonds or break old bonds during the rate-determining step. 

Under excess of the second reactant (in automobile exhaust gas typically H20, C02 and for lean-burn engines exhaust specifically also 02), the effectiveness factor calculation can be simplified by approximating the reaction rate Rj by a pseudo-first-order rate law with respect to the component using new rate constant kiefj (evaluated from the original rate law)... 

The kinetics of the addition of aniline (PI1NH2) to ethyl propiolate (HC CCChEt) in DMSO as solvent has been studied by spectrophotometry at 399 nm using the variable time method. The initial rate method was employed to determine the order of the reaction with respect to the reactants, and a pseudo-first-order method was used to calculate the rate constant. The Arrhenius equation log k = 6.07 - (12.96/2.303RT) was obtained the activation parameters, Ea, AH, AG, and Aat 300 K were found to be 12.96, 13.55, 23.31 kcalmol-1 and -32.76 cal mol-1 K-1, respectively. The results revealed a first-order reaction with respect to both aniline and ethyl propiolate. In addition, combination of the experimental results and calculations using density functional theory (DFT) at the B3LYP/6-31G level, a mechanism for this reaction was proposed.181... 

When a solvent is also a reactant, its concentration is so large compared with the extent of reaction that it does not change. Since this is the case, the dependence of the rate on the concentration of ethyl alcohol cannot be determined unless ethyl alcohol becomes a solute in some other solvent. If another substance is the solvent, then the concentration of the alcohol can be varied, allowing the calculation. For the reaction in ethyl alcohol (ethanol), kexp = k[B] with [B] essentially constant. Such reactions are called pseudo-first-order reactions. 

The effect of humic materials on the photolytic micellar system was evaluated in DR s photodegradation. DR solubilized within Tween 80 micellar solution with or without humic materials was determined. In order to calculate the quantum yield, the molar absorptivity of DR was determined by spectrophotometry. The determination of the quantum yield and reaction rates was examined through a pseudo first-order decay rate expression. Quenching and catalytic effects resulting from the humic substances were examined through Stem-Volmer analysis. A reaction mechanism of photolytic decay of DR solubilized within surfactant micelles in the presence of various amount of humic materials was proposed for this purpose. The effect of high and low concentration of humic materials has been accounted for by a designed model. 

Pulse radiolysis of some scavenger solutions in water, intermediates spectra, and kinetics of their decay in liquid ammonia are investigated. Rate constant and activation energy are calculated for the latter. The dependence of the disappearance of intermediates on concentration is analyzed. It is shown that rate constant of reactions of pseudo-first order is not proportional to acceptors concentration. One of the possible reasons is that first order reaction was not taken into consideration. On this basis, rate constants of reactions with acceptors and these of monomolecular decay are calculated. It is revealed the decay of intermediates in 10 5-10 3M perchloric acid solutions does not depend upon HsO+ ion concentration. This fact is contrary to the present day theories about the nature of intermediates. 

Hydrogen peroxide, cuprum perchloride, and perchloric acid were used as acceptors in aqueous solutions. The experimentally observed process of hydrated electron decay in solutions of these three substances obeyed the first-order reaction law. Kinetic characteristics of observed processes were calculated by the method of the least squares using 15-20 photo-oscillograms. Values of rate constants of corresponding pseudo-first order reactions are shown in Table I. There one can see also values of bimolecular rate constants calculated on the basis of above data. The rate constant does not vary occasionally within some limits but it changes monotonously with the variation of concentration. This may mean that some process of the decay of the intermediates was not taken into consideration. It was shown in earlier work (J), that we had satisfactory agreement with the experiment supposing that the process was the mono-molecular intermediates decay. 

The experimental results in aqueous and ammonium solutions show that the process of intermediates decay in the presence of acceptors follows a first-order law. However, a proportionality between the calculated rate constant of the pseudo-first order reaction and the concentration is not observed. Under these conditions no influence of dose rate on the kinetics of intermediates decay is found, so recombination interactions play a rather small role. By kinetic treatment of the results, satisfactory agreement with experimental data can be obtained by supposing that the intermediates disappear in a monomolecular decay which simultaneously proceeds with scavenger reactions. 

Surface Density of Fe(II)-Species. Figure 6 shows the rate constants for the reduction of dibromodichloromethane in suspensions containing goethite and Fe(II) as a function of total ferrous iron present and pre-equilibration time of Fe(II) with the surface. A strong dependence of pseudo-first-order reaction rates on total ferrous iron concentrations was observed for long pre-equilibration times (teq > 30 h) which provides further evidence that surface species of Fe(II) formed after prolonged contact of ferrous iron with iron(hydr)oxide surfaces are most reactive. Experiments such as shown in Figure 6 do not allow one to calculate second-order rate constants as it is remains unclear which species or fraction(s) of surface-bound Fe(II) is involved in the reaction. 

Equation 2.6 has been established for well-defined conditions pseudo first-order in substrate (but any order in chiral auxiliary, stoichiometric or catalytic) and no change of mechanism during the course of the reaction, for example, no autoinduction by the products. Reactions with chiral catalysts are especially susceptible to auto-induction. It is then useful to give the calculated x values with an indication of the correspondence between conversion and ee j or eCp j [1 Ij. We advise running experiments for at least two values of conversion and subsequent verification that the X values obtained are identical or similar. If not, this can indicate a change in the structure of the reagent during the reaction or a non-first-order reaction in substrate. TTie extrapolation of x at initial conversion is a characteristic value for a... 

Deleye and Froment (1986) have reported the data on absorption of CO2 in aqueous solution of monoethanol amine (MEA) in a packed bed absorber. Gas containing CO2 at a partial pressure of 2 atm is to be purified by absorption into an aqueous solution of MEA in a packed bed filled with 5 cm diameter steel pal rings. Assuming excess concentration of MEA in the solution, the reaction between CO2 and MEA is treated as pseudo-first order reaction with rate constant k = 7.194 x 1(P s L A quantity of 6500 rcF/h of gas is treated with 1000 m /h of MEA solution. Partial pressure of CO2 is to be reduced to 0.02 bar. Column diameter is 2 m and it is operating at a pressure of 14.3 bar and a temperature of 315 K. Calculate the height of the bed. The following data are reported. 

Equation (6.3.3-10) is also represented in Fig. 6.3.2-1. Since Fa is independent of y in the present case, a set of horizontal lines with a/b Db/D Cbi/Ca as a parameter is obtained. The curves in the central part that connect the lines for infinitely fast reactions to the curve for a pseudo-first-order reaction correspond to moderately fast second-order reactions. They were calculated by Van Krevelen and Hoftijzer [1948] under the assumption that B is only weakly depleted near the interface. For moderately fast reactions, this assumption was reasonably confirmed by more rigorous computations. 

At the high recycling ratios the loop reactor operates as an ideal stirred-tank reactor. Therefore, the reaction rate can immediately be determined from the difference in concentration between the feed and the outlet, the throughput and the quantity of catalyst.The rate equation, describing the consumption of xylene and the formation of the reaction products, are considered to be pseudo first order. The parameter of the rate equations, which are the frequency factors and the activation energies, are determined by least square methods. In the above function (Fig. 6b) r is the measured rate, r is calculated with estimated parameters, w represent appropriate weight factors and N is the number of measured values. Because the rate equations could be differentiated v/ith respect to the unknown kinetic parameters, the objective function was minimized by a step-wise regression. 

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