ChemistryMediumHigh School (11–12)Organic Compounds with Functional Groups › Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers
Yield book-keeping for a reduction
You will write the three steps of a yield calculation for the reduction of butanone to butan-2-ol with sodium borohydride.
The idea. Moles are mass divided by molar mass. One NaBH reduces four ketone molecules. The percentage yield compares what you weighed with what the equation allows.
Your tasks.
- Complete
moles(mass, molar_mass). - Complete
least_borohydride(ketone_moles)so that it returns the least mass of NaBH in g. - Complete
percent_yield(actual, ketone_moles)so that it returns the actual mass of alcohol as a percentage of the theoretical mass.
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