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ATOM ECONOMY: Ethylene oxide, C2H4O, is an important industrial chemical [as it isthe starting place to make such important chemicals as ethylene glycol (antifreeze)and various polymers]. One way to make the compound is called the “chlorohydrinroute.”C2H4 + Cl2 + Ca(OH)2 → C2H4O + CaCl2 + H2OAnother route is the modern catalytic reaction.C2H4 + 1/2 O2 → C2H4O(a) Calculate the % atom economy for the production of C2H4O in each of thesereactions. Which is the more efficient method?(b) What is the percent yield of C2H4O if 867 g of C2H4is used to synthesize 762 gof the product by the catalytic reaction?

ATOM ECONOMY: Ethylene oxide, C2H4O, is an important industrial chemical [as it isthe starting place to make such important chemicals as ethylene glycol (antifreeze)and various polymers]. One way to make the compound is called the “chlorohydrinroute.”C2H4 + Cl2 + Ca(OH)2 → C2H4O + CaCl2 + H2OAnother route is the modern catalytic reaction.C2H4 + 1/2 O2 → C2H4O(a) Calculate the % atom economy for the production of C2H4O in each of thesereactions. Which is the more efficient method?(b) What is the percent yield of C2H4O if 867 g of C2H4is used to synthesize 762 gof the product by the catalytic reaction?

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ATOM ECONOMY: Ethylene oxide, C2H4O, is an important industrial chemical [as it is
the starting place to make such important chemicals as ethylene glycol (antifreeze)
and various polymers]. One way to make the compound is called the “chlorohydrin
route.”
C2H4 + Cl2 + Ca(OH)2 → C2H4O + CaCl2 + H2O
Another route is the modern catalytic reaction.
C2H4 + 1/2 O2 → C2H4O
(a) Calculate the % atom economy for the production of C2H4O in each of these
reactions. Which is the more efficient method?
(b) What is the percent yield of C2H4O if 867 g of C2H4
is used to synthesize 762 g
of the product by the catalytic reaction?

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