Friday, August 12, 2011

How many grams are needed?

Ethyl benzoate is reacted with excess sodium hydroxide in a mixture of water and ethylene glycol. Hydrochloric acid is added. Known products of the reaction are benzoic acid, ethanol, sodium chloride, and water. How much ethyl benzoate (FW 150 g/mol) does it take to make 200 grams of benzoic acid (FW 122 g/mol) uming a 75% yield. Now apparently that means that you would need to plan on making 267 grams of product since you will loose 25% during the reaction. Can someone tell me how 267 grams was calculated?

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