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A student reacts 81g of salicylic acid with 14 mL of acetic anhydride producing 2g of acetyl salicylic acid. What is the percent yield of the reaction?
The molar mass of salicyclic acid = 138.121 g/mol
the molar mass of acetic anhydride = 102.09 g/mol
moles of acetic anhydride
From the balanced chemical equation we know that for every mole of salicylic acid and acetic anhydride one mole of acetyl salicylic acid is produced.
Now to calculate how many gram of 0.586 mol of acetyl salicylic acid is
gram = Molar Mass of acetyl salicylic acid x mol of acetyl salicylic acid
Percentage yield = 1.39%