In the Claisen-Schmidt reaction to prepare, dibenzalacetone from 5.3 g of benzaldehyde, a total of 3.51 g of…

In the Claisen-Schmidt reaction to prepare, dibenzalacetone from 5.3 g of benzaldehyde, a total of 3.51 g of product was obtained. The percentage yield in this reaction was ______ %.

Solution


$\begin{aligned} & \text { Theoretical }=\frac{1}{40} \mathrm{Mol} \\ & \% \text { yield }=\frac{0.015}{1 / 40} \times 100 \\ & \Rightarrow 60 \%\end{aligned}$

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