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Hey guys, in atom economy we do use the excess moles of the theoretical yield? plus how do we identify which one of the two reactants are in excess. Is it the one with a greater number of moles?

Example Question: When 5.00g of ethanol reacts with 8.00g of ethanoic acid, 7.12g of ethyl ethanoate is produced. Whats the percentage yield?

How would y'all go about working this one out (what i really want to know is how to identify the excess reactant)

:smile: If you haven't already gussed, this is chemistry
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Original post by 4shadows
Hey guys, in atom economy we do use the excess moles of the theoretical yield? plus how do we identify which one of the two reactants are in excess. Is it the one with a greater number of moles?

Example Question: When 5.00g of ethanol reacts with 8.00g of ethanoic acid, 7.12g of ethyl ethanoate is produced. Whats the percentage yield?

How would y'all go about working this one out (what i really want to know is how to identify the excess reactant)

:smile: If you haven't already gussed, this is chemistry


a. You need to find the moles first e.g. 5.00g of ethanol is how many moles? [mass/Mr] and so on.
b. from the equation i.e.

CH3CH2OH + CH3COOH --> CH3COOCH3 + H2O
mole ratio 1 1 1 1
Gram 5.00 8.00 7.12
mole ? ? ?

c. Check if you had used 5g ethanol then how many gram of ethanoic acid you'll need. If 8 gram is more than the theoretical amount, then you've excess ethanoic acid. Similarly you can check if you've excess ethanol if you had used 8 gram of ethanoic acid. IMHO, the question you've asked is slightly incomplete.

BTW,

%Atom economy = (mass of desired product / total mass of reactants) x 100
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Original post by CurrentDude
a. You need to find the moles first e.g. 5.00g of ethanol is how many moles? [mass/Mr] and so on.
b. from the equation i.e.

CH3CH2OH + CH3COOH --> CH3COOCH3 + H2O
mole ratio 1 1 1 1
Gram 5.00 8.00 7.12
mole ? ? ?

c. Check if you had used 5g ethanol then how many gram of ethanoic acid you'll need. If 8 gram is more than the theoretical amount, then you've excess ethanoic acid. Similarly you can check if you've excess ethanol if you had used 8 gram of ethanoic acid. IMHO, the question you've asked is slightly incomplete.

BTW,

%Atom economy = (mass of desired product / total mass of reactants) x 100


Ahhhhhh that makes more sense now, thank you v much

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