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A student reacts 96g of salicylic acid with 10 mL of acetic anhydride producing 10.7g of acetyl salicylic acid. What is the percent yield of the reaction?
salicylic acid molar mass = 138 .12 g/mol
acetic anhydride molar mass = 102 .09 g/mol
acetyl salicylic acid molar mass = 180.16 g/mol
salicylic acid + acetic anhydride --------------------> acetyl salicylic acid + H2O
138.12 g 180.16 g
96 g
138.12 g of salicylic acid ---------------------- 180.16 g of acetyl salicylic acid
96 g of salicylic acid ---------------------- ?? acetyl salicylic acid
acetyl salicylic acid = 125.22 g --------------- theoritical yield
actual yield = 10.7 g
% yield = (actual / theoritical ) x 100
= (10.7 / 125.22 ) x 100
= 8.54 %
percent yield of the reaction = 8.54 %