Determining the Half-Life of a First Order Reaction 001
Channel: Professor Heath's Chemistry Channel
Date: 2013-07-13

Cyclopropane rearranges to propene at 1000 °C via the pictured first-order reaction. The rate constant is 9.2 s-1. What is the half-life of the reaction? How long does it take for the concentration of cyclopropane to reach one-quarter of the initial value?