Sucrose is converted to a mixture of glucose and fructose in a pseudo ...
Given data:
Sucrose is converted to a mixture of glucose and fructose in a pseudo first order process.
Halflife of reaction = 28.4 min
Initial concentration of sucrose, [sucrose]₀ = 8.0 mM
Final concentration of sucrose, [sucrose] = 1.0 mM
To find: Time required for the reduction of a 8.0 mM sample of sucrose to 1.0 mM
Calculation:
The given reaction is a pseudo first order reaction, which means it can be represented as:
Rate = k [sucrose]
where k is the rate constant of the reaction.
The halflife of the reaction is given as 28.4 min. This means that the concentration of sucrose will reduce to half its initial value in 28.4 min. Therefore, we can use the following equation to find the rate constant:
t1/2 = ln 2 / k
Substituting the given value of halflife in the above equation, we get:
28.4 = ln 2 / k
k = ln 2 / 28.4
Now, we can use the rate constant to find the time required for the concentration of sucrose to reduce from 8.0 mM to 1.0 mM. We can use the following equation for a first order reaction:
ln [sucrose]₀ / [sucrose] = kt
Substituting the given values in the above equation, we get:
ln 8.0 / 1.0 = (ln 2 / 28.4) t
t = (28.4 / ln 2) ln 8.0 / 1.0
t = 85.2 min
Therefore, the time required for the reduction of a 8.0 mM sample of sucrose to 1.0 mM is 85.2 min. Hence, option (c) is the correct answer.
Sucrose is converted to a mixture of glucose and fructose in a pseudo ...