1.The stepwise stability constants of a complex are given below. What is its overall stability constant (β4\beta_4β4)?M+L⇌ML\text{M} + \text{L} \rightleftharpoons \text{ML}M+L⇌ML; K1=1.0×104K_1 = 1.0 \times 10^4K1=1.0×104ML+L⇌ML2\text{ML} + \text{L} \rightleftharpoons \text{ML}_2ML+L⇌ML2; K2=1.0×103K_2 = 1.0 \times 10^3K2=1.0×103ML2+L⇌ML3\text{ML}_2 + \text{L} \rightleftharpoons \text{ML}_3ML2+L⇌ML3; K3=1.0×103K_3 = 1.0 \times 10^3K3=1.0×103ML3+L⇌ML4\text{ML}_3 + \text{L} \rightleftharpoons \text{ML}_4ML3+L⇌ML4; K4=1.0×102K_4 = 1.0 \times 10^2K4=1.0×102Overall reaction: M+4L⇌ML4\text{M} + 4\text{L} \rightleftharpoons \text{ML}_4M+4L⇌ML4a.1.0×10121.0 \times 10^{12}1.0×1012b.12.1×10312.1 \times 10^{3}12.1×103c.1.0×1061.0 \times 10^{6}1.0×106d.1.0×1081.0 \times 10^{8}1.0×108Login to continueOnly logged in users canattempt or see the solution.
