A chemist reacts 0.5 moles of formaldehyde with excess ethylmagnesium bromide followed by hydrolysis. What mass of the resulting primary alcohol is produced?
Q1. A chemist reacts 0.5 moles of formaldehyde with excess ethylmagnesium bromide followed by hydrolysis. What mass of the resulting primary alcohol is produced?
Answer: 30 g
Explanation: Ethylmagnesium bromide reacts with formaldehyde to form 1-propanol (M.W 60). 0.5 moles yields 30g. 46g refers to ethanol mass.