Organotin compounds play a significant role in diverse industrial applications. They have been used as plastic stabilizers and as pesticides or fungicides. One method used to prepare simple tetraalkylstannanes is the controlled direct reaction of liquid tin(IV) chloride with highly reactive trialkylaluminum compounds, such as liquid triethylaluminum (Al(C₂H₅)₃).

3SnCl₄ + 4Al(C₂H₅)₃ --> 3Sn(C₂H₅)₄ + 4AlCl₃

In one experiment, 0.240 L of SnCl₄ (d = 2.226 g/mL) was treated with 0.509 L of triethylaluminum (Al(C₂H₅)₃); d = 0.835 g/mL). What is the theoretical yield in this experiment (mass of tetraethylstannane, Sn(C₂H₅)₄)? 1pts

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If 0.311 L of tetraethylstannane (d = 1.187 g/mL) were actually isolated in this experiment, what was the percent yield? % 1pts

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