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Problem 37

Ethanol $\left(\mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{CH}_{2} \mathrm{OH}\right),$ the intoxicant in alcoholic beverages, is also used to make other organic compounds. In concentrated sulfuric acid, ethanol forms diethyl ether and water:
$$2 \mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{CH}_{2} \mathrm{OH}(l) \longrightarrow \mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{CH}_{2} \mathrm{OCH}_{2} \mathrm{CH}_{3}(l)+\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}(g)$$
In a side reaction, some ethanol forms ethylene and water:
$$\mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{CH}_{2} \mathrm{OH}(l) \longrightarrow \mathrm{CH}_{2} \mathrm{CH}_{2}(g)+\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}(g)$$
(a) If 50.0 g of ethanol yields 35.9 g of diethyl ether, what is the percent yield of diethyl ether? (b) If 45.0$\%$ of the ethanol that did not produce the ether reacts by the side reaction, what mass (g) of
ethylene is produced?

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