The question requires us to draw the structural formula, provide the name and highlight any functional groups for the compound: diethyl ether.
The molecule diethyl ether can be represented as it follows, with two ethyl groups (-CH2CH3) bonded to a oxygen atom:
Note that the functional group ether (R-O-R) is present in the structre and highlighted in blue in the image. The official name of diethyl ether is ethoxyethane.
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The balanced chemical reaction is:
<span>N2 + 3H2 = 2NH3 </span>
We are given the amount of H2 being reacted. This will be our starting point.
26.3 g H2 (1 mol H2 / 2.02 g H2) 2 mol
O2/3 mol H2) ( 17.04 g NH3 / 1mol NH3) = 147.90 g O2
Percent yield = actual yield / theoretical
yield x 100
Percent yield = 79.0 g / 147.90 g x 100
Percent yield = 53.4%