Answer to Question #95996 in General Chemistry for Desha

Question

B) Hexamethylenediamine (C6H16N2) is one of the starting materials to produce nylon. It can be prepared from adipic acid (C6H10O4) according to the following balanced reaction:

a) What mass of hexamethylenediamine can be produced from 495.5 g of adipic acid?

Answer 1

$1mol$ $C_6H_{16}N_2$ is produced from $1 mol$ $C_6H_{10}O_4$.

Moles of $C_6H_{10}O_4=\frac{495.5}{146}=3.39mol$

So moles of $C_6H_{16}N_2$ formed$=3.39mol$

Hence mass of $C_6H_{16}N_2$ formed$=3.39\times116=393.24g$.