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Given the following organic equation and data, calculate the experimental percent yield of benzoic acid in...

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Given the following organic equation and data, calculate theexperimental percent yield of benzoic acid in grams:

11.29 mL of ethyl benzoate was reacted with 6.3 grams of sodiumhydroxide under reflux conditions using ethylene glycol and wateras the solvents. After workup, 6.67 grams of benzoic acid wasrecovered.

you will have to determine limiting reagent, calculatetheoretical yield and finally, calculate the percentyield.

Give answer in this format: XX.X %

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C2H5OOCC6H5 NaOH C6H5COOH H2O In this ethyl benzoate was given ml first we have to convert ml in to gram That we have to use the following equation Density mass volume Mass g density volume Density of ethyl benzoate is 105 gml Volume of ethyl benzoate is 1129ml    See Answer
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