DDT, an insecticide harmful to fish, birds, and humans, is produced by the following reaction.
2 CH6H5Cl + C2HOCl3 → C14H9Cl5 + H2O chlorobenzene chloral DDTIn a government lab, 1128 g of chlorobenzene is reacted with 492 g of chloral.
a) What mass of DDT is formed (in grams)?
b) Which reactant is limiting?C6H5Cl or C2HOCl3 Which is in excess?C6H5Cl or C2HOCl3
c) What mass of the excess reactant is left over (in grams)
?d) If the actual yied of DDT is 199.9 g, what is the percent yeild?