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1)Let’s say that you recovered 80% trimyristin (after recrystallization, so the final product) from the 2 g of nutmeg you initially started with.
a- If you completed the hydrolysis reaction (see lab) to make myristic acid and glycerol, what would be your theoretical yield of myristic acid?
b- If you recovered 1.72 g of myristic acid, what would be your percent recovery of myristic acid?
c- What might account for sources of error in your recovery?(Give 3 plausible reasons)
a- If you completed the hydrolysis reaction (see lab) to make myristic acid and glycerol, what would be your theoretical yield of myristic acid?
Given that; recovered 80% trimyristin
The initially amount of nutmeg = 2 g
2.0 g/ 80%= 1.6 g
Now calculate the moles of trimytrisin
= amount in g / molar mass
= 1.6 g/723.14 g/ mole
= 2.21*10^-3 moles
1 mole of trimytrisin given 3 mole myristic
2.21*10^-3 moles trimytrisin * 3 mole myristic/1 mole of trimytrisin
= 6.64*10^3mole myristic
Amount of myristic = molar mass * number of moles
= 6.64 *10^3mole myristic * 228.37 g
= 1.52 g
b- If you recovered 1.72 g of myristic acid, what would be your percent recovery of myristic acid?
% recovery = actual recovery / theoretical recovery *100
=1.72 g/ 2.00 g*100
= 86%
c- What might account for sources of error in your recovery?(Give 3 plausible reasons)