Phy Pharm - Kinetics Workshop 2
Phy Pharm - Kinetics Workshop 2
Phy Pharm - Kinetics Workshop 2
Semester 2
Physical Pharmacy – Chemical Kinetics Workshop
1. At 373°C, the half-life period for the first order decomposition of a drug is
363 min, and the activation energy (Ea) of the reaction is 218 kJ mol-1. Calculate:
a. the value of rate constant, k, at 450°C. (5 marks)
b. the time required for the drug to be 75% decomposed at 373°C.
(3 marks)
2. The gas-phase decomposition of N2O5(g) follows first-order kinetics according to
the following equation:
2N2O5(g) 4NO2(g) + O2(g)
The plot of ln k versus 1/T for the reaction gives a straight line that has a slope
of -5500 K and an intercept of 13.5.
a. Determine the values of a, b and c in the following equation:
a (d[N2O5]/dt) = b (d[NO2]/dt) = c (d[O2]/dt)
(3 marks)
b. Determine the Arrhenius activation energy, E a, for the reaction. (2 marks)
c. Determine the rate constant (in s-1) for the reaction at 25C. (2 marks)
d. Calculate the half-life (t0.5) for the reaction at 25C. Express your answer
in seconds. (2 marks)
e. What is the effect on the half-life for the reaction at 25C if the volume of
the reaction vessel is doubled? (1 mark)
f. If rate law for the reaction is: Rate = k[N2O5(g)]. What is the effect on the
rate of production of O2(g) if the number of moles of N2O5(g) in the reaction
vessel is doubled? (1 mark)
International Medical University
Semester 2
Physical Pharmacy – Chemical Kinetics Workshop
3. Atropine base undergoes a first-order hydrolysis with a rate constant of
1.6 10-2 s-1 at 40C. The activation energy is 32.2 kJ mol-1.
a. Determine the half-life (t0.5) for the hydrolysis at 40C. (2 marks)
b. Determine the pre-exponential factor, A, for the hydrolysis at 40C.
(2 marks)
c. Determine the rate constant for the hydrolysis at 25C. (4 marks)
d. What is the percentage of unhydrolysed atropine base after 2 minutes at
25C. (2 marks)