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Given information

We are provided with a gas-phase reaction.

Proposed mechanism I:
 
 
Proposed mechanism II:
 
            
 

Based upon the reaction a 2-step mechanism is given and we need to show that both the proposed mechanism are valid. 

 

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

Most chemical reactions do not occur in a single step but through several steps. We usually represent the overall reaction, not the series of individual steps by which the reaction occurs.

A reaction mechanism is the series of individual chemical steps by which an overall chemical reaction occurs.
 

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