This concept of the mechanism of reaction is supported by the results in perchloric acid solution. Sherrill, et al.,b have shown that no complex is formed in cerium (IV) perchlorate. Under such conditions the observed reaction should be essentially the termolecular reaction (2). This would explain why the rate is greater in perchloric acid (Fig. 2), but reaction is still not instantaneous.
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