Suppose you ran this sequence of reaction starting with 8.0 g of benzoic acid, excess methanol, and excess phenyl magnesium bromide.What would be the expected theoretical yield of triphylmethanol?? Show all calculation.

1 Answer
Sep 6, 2015

Reaction scheme:
#i. PhCO_2H + CH_3OH rarr PhCO_2Me + H_2O;#
# ii. PhCO_2Me + 2PhMgBr rarr Ph_3C-O^(-)Mg^(2+)#
# iii. #Aqueous workup

Explanation:

You have the equations; 1 equiv triphenylmethanol per 2 equiv benzoic acid. You have the limiting reagent, benzoic acid. What do you do now?