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In a hydrocarbon solution, the gold compound (CH3)3AuPH3 decomposes into ethane (C2H6) a...

In a hydrocarbon solution, the gold compound (CH3)3AuPH3 decomposes into ethane (C2H6) and a different gold compound, (CH3)AuPH3. The following mechanism has been proposed for the decomposition of (CH3)3AuPH3:

(a)What is the overall reaction? (b)What are the intermediates in the mechanism? (c) What is the molecularity of each of the elementary steps? (d) What is the rate-determining step? (e) What is the rate law predicted by this mechanism? (f) What would be the effect on the reaction rate of adding PH3 to the solution of (CH3)3AuPH3?

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