Chapter 4, Problem 23RQ

Summary Introduction

To review:

The final concentration of glycerol-3-phosphateis to be calculated, where ∆G^0’ is –9.7 kJ/mol and the concentration of glycerol and inorganic phosphate is 1mM.

Introduction:

Hydrolysis is the chemical reaction in which a molecule is broken down by the mediation of water molecules. Hydrolysis of glycerol-3-phosphate produces glycerol and inorganic phosphate through the following reaction:

$\text{Glycerol-3-phosphate}\to \text{glycerol}\text{+}{\text{P}}_{\text{i}}$

This reaction proceeds at standard conditions and has a ∆G^0’ value of –9.7 kJ/mol.