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Medical College Admission Test
Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems

Limiting Reagent Determination in Ethyl Acetate Synthesis

Hard General Chemistry Stoichiometry And Chemical Reactions

A graduate student is conducting an experiment to synthesize ethyl acetate (C4H8O2) from acetic acid (C2H4O2) and ethanol (C2H6O). The reaction is represented by the following balanced equation:

C2H4O2 + C2H6O → C4H8O2 + H2O

During the experiment, the student starts with 60.0 g of acetic acid and 50.0 g of ethanol. Determine which reagent is limiting based on the stoichiometric calculations.

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