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.”
Another route is the modern catalytic reaction.
(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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