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Given information

From the above equation given above, the mechanism needs to be stated.

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

In a possible mechanism, the first step involves in which two  collide with each other. The reaction is,

 

The rate of above reaction,

 

 

The rearrangement of the above expression is,

                                                                            ……(1)

In a second step, the activated molecule goes on to form the product.

 

 

This step is slow. So, it is a rate determining step.

 

 

 

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