Question

Develop a methodology to calculate the yield of the reaction based on the mass of 1-butanol used in the

experiment.

Answer 1

The reaction is not given. I assume the following reaction.

Here A is the product of the reaction.

Let X g/mol be the molar mass of product 'A'. The molar mass of 1-butanol is 74.1 g/mol.

Let W g of 1-butanol are used in the experiment.

Number of moles of 1-butanol

From reaction stoichiometry, we can say that 1 mole of 1-butanol gives 1 mole of product 'A'.

Number of moles of product 'A' = number of moles of 1-butanol

Theoretical yield is the maximum mass of product 'A' that can be obtained from the reaction.

Theoretical yield

Let Y grams of product 'A' are obtained during the reaction.

The percent yield of the reaction

By substituting values of X, Y and W in the above equation, the percent yield of the reaction can be obtained.