Hydrogen peroxide decomposes into water and oxygen. The uncatalysed reaction has activation energy of 86 KJ/mol . The E_(a) value in the presence of acetanilide is 112 KJ/mol and in the presence of MnO_(2) it is 49 KJ/mol. What conclusion can you draw from the above observations ?

Hydrogen peroxide decomposes into water and oxygen. The uncatalysed re

1.	Hydrogen peroxide decomposes into water and oxygen. The uncatalysed reaction has activation energy of 86 KJ/mol . The E_(a) value in the presence of acetanilide is 112 KJ/mol and in the presence of MnO_(2) it is 49 KJ/mol. What conclusion can you draw from the above observations ?
Answer» Solution :(i) effect of ACTIVATION ENERGY on RATE (ii) comparing activation energy of the REACTION under different conditions (iii) effect of CHANGE in reaction conditions on the activation energy of the reaction.