Unimolecular Elcb Eliminations Energy Profile and Rate Law

1 Unimolecular Elcb Eliminations Energy Profile and Rate Law 

The following derivation shows the rate law for this elimination as Equation 4.22. The term [nitroalcohol]0 refers to the initial concentration of the nitroalcohol. 

This rate law contains only one concentration variable—the term [nitroalcohol]0 is, of course, a constant and not a variable—and thus refers to a unimolecular process. This elimination is therefore designated Elcb. 

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