Dimethyl oxalate, an important pharmaceutical chemical, can be prepared by reacting oxalic acid with methanol. The balanced reaction is shown using line structure representations of the molecules.   Chemical formula: C2H2O4 CH4O   C4H6O4 H2O Name: oxalic acid methanol      dimethyl oxalate water Molar mass: 90.04 g/mol 32.04 g/mol   118.1 g/mol 18.02 g/mol If 91.0 g of oxalic acid and 79.0 g of methanol react to form 89.0 g of dimethyl oxalate, what is the percent yield?

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Dimethyl oxalate, an important pharmaceutical chemical, can be prepared by reacting oxalic acid with methanol. The balanced reaction is shown using line structure representations of the molecules.

 

Chemical formula: C2H2O4 CH4O C4H6O4 H2O
Name: oxalic acid methanol      dimethyl oxalate water
Molar mass: 90.04 g/mol 32.04 g/mol
118.1 g/mol 18.02 g/mol


If 91.0 g of oxalic acid and 79.0 g of methanol react to form 89.0 g of dimethyl oxalate, what is the percent yield?

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