Question

Hello, I am having trouble writing a balanced equation given a graph. Here are my attempts:

#1:
http://static.tumblr.com/big9h5b/Ypqn5i642/ss.jpg


Here's what I know: This is an endothermic reaction, which means the energy of the products are greater than the reactants. Still have no idea how to write a balanced equation. I tried though, here is what I got: EF1G + H --> EF1H + G

#2:
http://static.tumblr.com/big9h5b/k7cn5i68a/cc.jpg


Here's what I know: B should represent the products, A should represent the reactants, and C the transition state. Again, I have no idea how to do

Answer 1

the model (in image #2) looks like \(OH^-+CH_3X\rightarrow CH_3OH+X^-\)

where X is a halogen (necessary for the SN2 process)

I guess since it's endothermic it you could add heat on the left side

\(OH^-+CH_3X+heat\rightarrow CH_3OH+X^-\)

Answer 2

if you need to show the transition state, you could show partial bonds like this:

\(reactants\rightarrow[OH^{\delta^-}--~~CH_3^{\delta ^+}--~~X^{\delta^-}]^{\ddagger}\rightarrow products\)