A fictional company has been producing propene oxide, C3H6O, from propene, C3H6, with a 96.0%yield. The...

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A fictional company has been producing propene oxide, C3H6O,from propene, C3H6, with a 96.0%yield. The process requires the useof a compound called m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid, C7H5O3Cl,which can be abbreviated as mCPBA. The entire reaction takes placein the solvent dichloromethane, CH2Cl2:

C3H6+C7H5O3ClCH2Cl2−−−⟶96.0% yieldC3H6O+C7H5O2Cl

The initial propene concentration in the solvent is 21.0g/L.

Consider the prices of the following substances.

SubstancePrice per unitUnit
propene$10.97kg
dichloromethane$2.12L
mCPBA$5.28kg
propene oxide$258.25kg

Also consider that the cost of waste disposal is $5.00 perkilogram of propene oxide produced.

Part A

A relatively simple way of estimating profit is to consider thethe difference between the cost (the total spent on materials andwaste disposal) and the earnings (the price at which the productcan be sold).

Calculate the profit from producing 67.00 kg of propeneoxide.

Express your answer numerically in dollars using threesignificant figures.

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1 mol C3H6 1 mol mCPHA 1 mol C3H6O 4208g 17257g 5808g 42085808 172575808 5808 5808 to produce 1 kg of C3H6O 072452 kg C3H6 29712 kg mCPHA 1 kg C3H6O but because the reaction    See Answer
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