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Chemical Kinetics of Consecutive and Parallel Reactions Both with a Reversible First Step
Author(s) -
Park Bong Ser,
Park Tae Jun
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
bulletin of the korean chemical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.237
H-Index - 59
ISSN - 1229-5949
DOI - 10.1002/bkcs.10428
Subject(s) - reaction rate constant , chemical kinetics , decomposition , reversible reaction , order of reaction , rate equation , chemistry , kinetics , reaction rate , chemical reaction , first order , computational chemistry , product (mathematics) , thermodynamics , chemical reaction kinetics , mathematics , organic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , catalysis , geometry
We solve the rate equations analytically for the first‐order consecutive reaction and the corresponding parallel reaction both with a reversible first step. Results of the consecutive reaction, especially, can be used to determine explicitly the product concentration of the unimolecular decomposition and of the enzyme reaction which has hitherto been calculated by approximation. In addition, we indicate how we specify a certain reaction to be consecutive or parallel by comparing experimental data with theory. We also show that rate constants for the reactions are found from the various time derivatives of concentrations.