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So what is the relation between these two. Is there any?
Rxn is aA + bB -> cC + dD
I think the equilibrium constant is always [C]^c * [D]^d / [A]^a * ^b
Correct? According to the Law of Mass Action, right?
However, EK makes the distinction between elementary and complex reactions.
The forward rate is only equal to k[A]^a^b if the reaction is elementary. If not, the exponents cannot be found. Correct?
The same can be said with the reverse rate, but with the products instead of the reactants.
So, does that mean Keq = Kfor/Krev ONLY if the reaction is elementary?
EK, on Page 57 of Lecture 3 in Chemistry, on the little red thing on the side, says that a catalyst changes rate constants by the same proportion so it also does not change the equilibrium constant. I know that this is true, but how can they make the assumption that the rate constants and equilibrium constants are related in this way?
Is this because an enzyme only catalyzes an elementary reaction at a time? Thus, when an enzyme catalyzes a complex reaction, it does both of the elementary reactions separately?
Rxn is aA + bB -> cC + dD
I think the equilibrium constant is always [C]^c * [D]^d / [A]^a * ^b
Correct? According to the Law of Mass Action, right?
However, EK makes the distinction between elementary and complex reactions.
The forward rate is only equal to k[A]^a^b if the reaction is elementary. If not, the exponents cannot be found. Correct?
The same can be said with the reverse rate, but with the products instead of the reactants.
So, does that mean Keq = Kfor/Krev ONLY if the reaction is elementary?
EK, on Page 57 of Lecture 3 in Chemistry, on the little red thing on the side, says that a catalyst changes rate constants by the same proportion so it also does not change the equilibrium constant. I know that this is true, but how can they make the assumption that the rate constants and equilibrium constants are related in this way?
Is this because an enzyme only catalyzes an elementary reaction at a time? Thus, when an enzyme catalyzes a complex reaction, it does both of the elementary reactions separately?