An Investigation Into the Reaction Kinetics of an Iodine- Propanone Reaction with an Acid Catalyst

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An Investigation to determine the reaction kinetics of the Iodine-Propanone reaction The Aim for this investigation to use the reaction between Iodine and Propanone, with an acid catalyst, to determine the reaction kinetics of each of the reactants and find out which order each of the reactants is and to develop a rate equation. This will be done by changing the concentrations of the reactants and reacting them in a colorimeter and measuring the colour change over time by measuring the percentage of light absorbed over a constant period of time. Equation- CH3COCH3(aq) + I2(aq) → CH3COCH2I(aq) + H+(aq) + I-(aq) Source- http://www.chemtopics.com/unit09/iodina.pdf This is a substitution reaction because a Hydrogen atom gets substituted for an Iodine atom. The role of the acid catalyst is to speed up the otherwise slow rate of reaction. Nuc: + R-LG → R-Nuc + LG: The electron pair (:) from the nucleophile (Nuc) attacks the substrate (R-LG) forming a new bond, while the leaving group (LG) departs with an electron pair. The principal product in this case is R-Nuc. The nucleophile may be electrically neutral or negatively charged, whereas the substrate is typically neutral or positively charged. Source- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleophilic_substitution / L. G. Wade, Organic Chemistry, 5th ed Test button Reset Button Abs/Transmission button Cuvette Display screen Filter wavelength Test button Reset Button Abs/Transmission button Cuvette Display screen Filter wavelength Colorimeter It is a simple type of visible spectrophotometer. It is used to measure the intensity of absorption of coloured compounds over a narrow range of frequencies. Colorimetry is useful in finding the concentration of a coloured compound at different times during a reaction in a rate experiment to find the order of the reaction. In my reaction the colour changes
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