Question

How much maleic anhydride would you need to react 178 mg of anthracene? Assume 1:1 ratio from maleic anhydride to anthracene.

Answer 1

Answer:

(1) 0.10      (2) 17.8 g

Explanation:

Since the reaction ratio is 1:1 what we need is to convert the given masses to moles and you will have the answer:

MW anthracene = 178.23 g/mol

MW maleic anhydride = 98.06 g/mol

a) mass anthracene = 178 mg x 1 g/ 1000 mg = 0.178 g anthracene

Moles anthracene = 0.178 g anthracene/ 178.23 g/mol

= 0.001 mol anthracene

0.001 mol anthracene x 1 mol maleic acid/mol anthracene

= 0.001 mol maleic anhydride

mass maleic anhydride  = 0.001 mol x 98.06 g/mol =  0.10 g

b) moles maleic anhydride = 9.8 g/ 98.06 g/mol = 0.099 moles

0.099 moles maleic anhydride x 1 mol anthracene/mol  maleic anhydride =

0.099 mol anthracene

g anthracene = 0.10mol x 178 g/mol = 17.8 g