Answer to Question #164669 in General Chemistry for Ally

Question #164669

If only 75.0% of 118g of salicylic acid is converted to aspirin, how much salicylic acid would be required to prepare 155g of aspirin?

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2021-02-18T07:28:39-0500

The quality aspirin is: 88.5 g (118*0.75). You need to get 1.75 times more (155/88.5). Consequently, 1.75*118 = 206.7 g salicylic acid.


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