Answer to Question #166875 in General Chemistry for Daniel Cortez

Question

Chlorobenzene, C₆H₅Cl, is used in the production of chemicals such as aspirin and dyes. One way that chlorobenzene is prepared is by reacting benzene, C₆H₆, with chlorine gas according to the following balanced equation.

C

6

H

6

 + Cl

2

 →C

6

H

5

Cl +

 HCl

C

6

H

6

 

+

 

Cl

2

 

→

C

6

H

5

Cl

 

+

 

HCl

The theoretical yield of chlorobenzene is 71.1 g. If the actual yield is 29.2 g of chlorobenzene, calculate the percent yield.

Answer 1

29.2 x 100%/71.1= 42,0534459%