3 A student trying to prepare aspirin begins with 2.52 g of salicylie acid and excess acetic anhydride. a What is the student's theoretical yield of aspirin? Show your work.

Answer 1

2.52 g / 138.121 g/mol = 0.018245 mol of salicyclic acid

The mol-to-mol ratio of salicyclic acid to aspirin is 1-to-1.

0.018245 mol x 180.158 g/mol = 3.29 g aspirin