Question

This is all the information given. The experiment uses 2 drops of detergent and 0.5g vegetable oil for the soap.

	7. Esterification

Weight of salicylic acid =

#Moles of salicylic acid =

Weight of methanol =

#Moles of methanol =

Volume of product = 0.235 mL

Weight of product =

#Moles of product =

% Yield of esterification reaction =

Show calculations of % yield:

Calculate density of product:

Answer 1

The weight and the moles calculations for the reactants like salicylic acid and methanol is performed based on the provided volume of the product and the literature density values of the reactant. The moles of the reactants consume to produce the same moles of the product as the maximum yield of the reaction.

As per given here the 0.235 mL of product is formed as 0.0018 moles. Thus back calculations have been performed and updated in the below table. The % yield caluculation for the esterification reaction and the density calcutaion of the product is explained as below.