Answer:
Cyclopropane will take [tex]0.072 secs[/tex] to reach [tex]0.50[/tex] of its initial concentration.
Explanation:
For a first order kinetics half- life of the reaction can be calculated by the formula,
half-life = [tex]\frac{0.693}{k}[/tex]
Half-life of cyclopropane will be,
[tex]t_{1/2}= \frac{0.693}{9.6s^{-1} }[/tex]
[tex]t_{1/2} =0.072 sec[/tex]
Since, [tex]0.50[/tex] means half of the initial concentration, which itself depicts the half- life of the cyclopropane. Therefore it, will take [tex]0.072 secs[/tex] to reach [tex]0.50[/tex] of its initial concentration i.e it will reduce to half of initial concentration in [tex]0.072 secs[/tex] when it thermally decomposes.