50% of the reagent is used for dehydrohalogenation of 6.45 g CH3CH2Cl. What will be the weight of the main product obtained? [Atomic mass of H, C, and Cl are 1, 12 and 35.5gmol−1 respectively]
A
1.4 g
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B
0.7 g
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C
2.8 g
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D
5.6 g
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Solution
The correct option is D 1.4 g
Dehydrohalogenation of CH3CH2Cl gives ethene (C2H4) as the main product as:
CH3CH2Cl+alc.KOH→C2H2+KCl+H2O
Molar mass of CH3CH2Cl=64.5g/mol and Molar mass of ethene (C2H4) = 28g/mol
Number of moles of CH3CH2Cl=6.4564.5=0.1mol
Since 1mol of CH3CH2Cl will give 1mol of ethene. However, only 50% of the reagent is used. So, only 50% of product will be formed.
∴ 0.05 mol of CH3CH2Cl will react to give 0.05 mol of ethene.
mass of ethene in 0.05mol =moles x molecular wt.=0.05mol×28g/mol=1.4g