calculate the percent yield for diethyl succinate if 10 g of succinic acid and 100 ml of ethanol were used to produce 8.7 g of diethyl succinate. Please show work. Thank you.
Succinic acid molecular weight 118.09
Diethyl succinate molecular weight 174.19
hence 118.09 gm of Succinic acid should give 174.19 gm of Diethyl succinate in 100% yield.
hence 10 gm of Succinic acid should give 10 x 174.19 / 118.09= 14.75 gm of Diethyl succinate in 100% yield.
But we observe 8.7 g of Diethyl succinate get produced from 10 gm of Succinic acid
hence 14.75 gm is 100% yield, then 8.7 gm is = 8.7 x 100 / 14.75= 58.98 %
Hence the yield of reaction is 58.98%
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