Consider the following reaction (with a small amount of sulfuric acid added as a catalyst): Acetic acid + Isopentyl alcohol S Isopentyl acetate + Water The above chemical equation is balanced with coefficients of 1 in front of each compound. You are given the following information: Density (g / mL) Compound Quantity Molar mass State of used (g / mole) matter at room temp Liquid Acetic acid 2.0 mL 60.05 1.049 Isopentyl alcohol 2.0 mL 88.14 0.809 Liquid Isopentyl acetate 130.2 0.876 Liquid By the way, the sulfuric acid catalyst quantity is irrelevant to this problem. Given these quantities, calculate the THEORETICAL YIELD (i.e., the maximum number of GRAMS of isopentyl acetate that could be produced) for this reaction. Keep significant figure rules in mind! N.B. 1: Which of the reactants runs out FIRST? That would be the LIMITING REACTANT, and will be the one that will be used to determine the theoretical yield. N.B. 2: The answer is 2.4 grams of isopentyl acetate. Do your calculations verify this? Show all calculations on a separate sheet of paper.

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Consider the following reaction (with a small amount of sulfuric acid added as a
catalyst):
Acetic acid + Isopentyl alcohol 5
Isopentyl acetate + Water
The above chemical equation is balanced with coefficients of 1 in front of each
compound.
You are given the following information:
Compound
Molar mass
Quantity
used
Density
(g / mL)
State of
(g / mole)
matter at
room temp
Liquid
Acetic acid
2.0 mL
60.05
1.049
Isopentyl
alcohol
2.0 mL
88.14
0.809
Liquid
Isopentyl
acetate
130.2
0.876
Liquid
By the way, the sulfuric acid catalyst quantity is irrelevant to this problem.
Given these quantities, calculate the THEORETICAL YIELD (i.e., the maximum
number of GRAMS of isopentyl acetate that could be produced) for this reaction.
Keep significant figure rules in mind!
N.B. 1: Which of the reactants runs out FIRST? That would be the LIMITING
REACTANT, and will be the one that will be used to determine the theoretical
yield.
N.B. 2: The answer is 2.4 grams of isopentyl acetate. Do your calculations
verify this? Show all calculations on a separate sheet of paper.
Transcribed Image Text:Consider the following reaction (with a small amount of sulfuric acid added as a catalyst): Acetic acid + Isopentyl alcohol 5 Isopentyl acetate + Water The above chemical equation is balanced with coefficients of 1 in front of each compound. You are given the following information: Compound Molar mass Quantity used Density (g / mL) State of (g / mole) matter at room temp Liquid Acetic acid 2.0 mL 60.05 1.049 Isopentyl alcohol 2.0 mL 88.14 0.809 Liquid Isopentyl acetate 130.2 0.876 Liquid By the way, the sulfuric acid catalyst quantity is irrelevant to this problem. Given these quantities, calculate the THEORETICAL YIELD (i.e., the maximum number of GRAMS of isopentyl acetate that could be produced) for this reaction. Keep significant figure rules in mind! N.B. 1: Which of the reactants runs out FIRST? That would be the LIMITING REACTANT, and will be the one that will be used to determine the theoretical yield. N.B. 2: The answer is 2.4 grams of isopentyl acetate. Do your calculations verify this? Show all calculations on a separate sheet of paper.
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