Consider the sodium borohydride reduction of camphor to isoborneol. A reaction was performed in which 1.400 1.400 g of camphor was reduced by an excess of sodium borohydride to make 1.040 1.040 g of isoborneol. Calculate the theoretical yield and percent yield for this reaction.

Answer :

Answer: The percent yield of isoborneol is 73.24 %

Explanation:

To calculate the number of moles, we use the equation:

[tex]\text{Number of moles}=\frac{\text{Given mass}}{\text{Molar mass}}[/tex]     .....(1)

Given mass of camphor = 1.400 g

Molar mass of camphor = 152.23 g/mol

Putting values in equation 1, we get:

[tex]\text{Moles of camphor}=\frac{1.400g}{152.23g/mol}=9.20\times 10^{-3}mol[/tex]

The chemical equation for the reaction of camphor and sodium borohydride follows:

[tex]\text{Camphor + sodium borohydride}\rightarrow \text{isoborneol}[/tex]

By Stoichiometry of the reaction:

1 mole of camphor produces 1 mole of isoborneol

So, [tex]9.20\times 10^{-3}mol[/tex] of camphor will produce = [tex]\frac{1}{1}\times 9.20\times 10^{-3}=9.20\times 10^{-3}mol[/tex] of isoborneol

Now, calculating the mass of isoborneol from equation 1, we get:

Molar mass of isoborneol = 154.25 g/mol

Moles of isoborneol = [tex]9.20\times 10^{-3}[/tex] moles

Putting values in equation 1, we get:

[tex]9.20\times 10^{-3}mol=\frac{\text{Mass of isoborneol}}{154.25g/mol}\\\\\text{Mass of isoborneol}=(9.20\times 10^{-3}mol\times 154.25g/mol)=1.42g[/tex]

To calculate the percentage yield of isoborneol, we use the equation:

[tex]\%\text{ yield}=\frac{\text{Experimental yield}}{\text{Theoretical yield}}\times 100[/tex]

Experimental yield of isoborneol = 1.040 g

Theoretical yield of isoborneol = 1.42 g

Putting values in above equation, we get:

[tex]\%\text{ yield of isoborneol}=\frac{1.040g}{1.42g}\times 100\\\\\% \text{yield of isoborneol}=73.24\%[/tex]

Hence, the percent yield of isoborneol is 73.24 %

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