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The Following Mechanism Has Been Suggested for the Reaction Identify All Intermediates Included in This Mechanism

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The following mechanism has been suggested for the reaction: H2O2+2H++2II2+2H2OH2O2+IHOI+OHSlowOH+H+H2OFastHOI+H++II2+H2OFast\begin{array}{ll}\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}_{2}+2 \mathrm{H}^{+}+2 \mathrm{I}^{-} \rightarrow \mathrm{I}_{2}+2 \mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O} \\\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}_{2}+\mathrm{I}^{-} \rightarrow \mathrm{HOI}+\mathrm{OH}^{-} & \mathrm{Slow}\\\mathrm{OH}^{-}+\mathrm{H}^{+} \rightarrow \mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O} & \mathrm{Fast}\\\mathrm{HOI}+\mathrm{H}^{+}+\mathrm{I}^{-} \rightarrow \mathrm{I}_{2}+\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}& \mathrm{Fast}\end{array} Identify all intermediates included in this mechanism.


A) H+ and I -
B) H+ and HOI
C) HOI and OH-
D) H+ only
E) H2O and OH-

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