Ethylene oxide, C 2 H 4 O, is an important industrial chemical [as it is the starting

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Ethylene oxide, C2H4O, is an important industrial chemical [as it is the starting place to make such important chemicals as ethylene glycol (antifreeze) and various polymers]. One way to make the compound is called the “chlorohydrin route.”CH4 + Cl + Ca(OH)  CH4O+ CaCl + HO

Another route is the modern catalytic reaction. 

CH4 + 1/2 O CH4O

(a) Calculate the % atom economy for the production of C2H4O in each of these reactions. Which is the more efficient method?

(b) What is the percent yield of C2H4O if 867 g of C2H4 is used to synthesize 762 g of the product by the catalytic reaction?

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Chemistry And Chemical Reactivity

ISBN: 9780357001172

10th Edition

Authors: John C. Kotz, Paul M. Treichel, John Townsend, David Treichel

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