Consider the reaction C4H10O + NaBr + H2SO4 → C4H9Br + NaHSO4 + H2O. If 45.0 g of C4H10O reacts with 67.1 g of NaBr and 97.0 g of H2SO4to yield 60.0 g of C4H9Br, calculate the percent yield of the reaction.

Percent yield  = 72.07 %

Explanation:

Our reaction is:

C₄H₁₀O + NaBr + H₂SO₄ → C₄H₉Br + NaHSO₄ + H₂O

It is correctly balanced.

Let's determine which is the limiting reagent:

45 g . 1 mol / 74 g = 0.608 moles of C₄H₁₀O

67.1 g . 1 mol / 102.9 g = 0.652 moles of NaBr

97 g . 1 mol / 98 g = 0.990 moles of sulfuric acid

Ratio is always 1:1, so for 1 mol of NaBr and 1 mol of sulfuric acid we need 1 mol of C₄H₁₀O. We have 0.652 moles of NaBr, we need the same amount of C₄H₁₀O and we have 0.990 moles of acid, we need the same amount of C₄H₁₀O; we only have 0.608 moles, that's why C₄H₁₀O is the limiting reactant, there's no enough C₄H₁₀O.

Ratio is also 1:1, between reactant and product.

1 mol of C₄H₁₀O produces 1 mol of C₄H₉Br

Then, 0.608 moles will produce 0.608 moles of C₄H₉Br

We convert moles to mass: 0.608 mol . 136.9 g/mol = 83.25 g

That's the 100 % yield reaction

Percent yield  = (Yield produced / Theoretical yield) . 100

Percent yield = (60 g / 83.25 g) . 100 = 72.07 %

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