A 500-mg tablet of commercial vitamin C tablet was dissolved in 50 mL water, treated with excess KI solution and 3 drops of starch solution. The solution required 4.8 mL of 0.05 M KIO3 to reach the endpoint. Calculate the % by weight of vitamin C in the tablet. (Molar mass of vitamin C = 172.16 g mol-1)   IO3‐ + 5 I‐ + 6 H+ → 3 I2 + 3 H2O (1) I2 + C6H8O6 → C6H8O6* + 2 H+ + 2 I‐ (2) I2 + starch → (I2 - starch) (deep

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A 500-mg tablet of commercial vitamin C tablet was dissolved in 50 mL water, treated with excess KI solution and 3 drops of starch solution. The solution required 4.8 mL of 0.05 M KIO3 to reach the endpoint. Calculate the % by weight of vitamin C in the tablet. (Molar mass of vitamin C = 172.16 g mol-1)

 

IO3 + 5 I + 6 H+ → 3 I2 + 3 H2O (1)

I2 + C6H8O6 → C6H8O6* + 2 H+ + 2 I (2)

I2 + starch → (I2 - starch) (deep blue color) (3)

 

*oxidized product of vitamin C

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