Question

Consider the reaction of benzene with hydrogen to form cyclohexane.

a) How many moles of hydrogen are required for each mole of benzene in this reaction?

A reactor is fed with 24 moles of benzene and 24 moles of hydrogen, and 8 moles of cyclohexane are formed.

b) What was the excess reactant (answer 'benzene' or 'hydrogen' or 'cyclohexane')?

c) What was the percent excess of the excess reactant?  %

d) What was the percent conversion of the limiting reactant?  %

Answer 1

The detailed steps are given below