Consider a hydrolysis reaction that breaks down the hypothetical compound QR:
QR + H2O → HQ + ROH
The free energy under laboratory conditions of HQ is 50 kJ/mol and the free energy of ROH is 70 kJ/mol. If the hydrolysis of QR has a ΔG = -20, what is the free energy of the reactants (QR + H2O)?
What is the ΔG for the chemical reaction in which HQ and ROH combine to form QR and water?