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Assuming the reaction below is under equilibrium conditions, what would help to increase the yield of the product?

Question 10 2.5 pts Assuming the reaction below is under equilibrium conditions, what would help to increase the yield of the product? in high high temp. Product + H2O Product + H20 OH Add water to the reaction Decrease the temperature Remove the carboxylic acid from the reaction Remove water from the reaction Next Previous

Answer 1

1. Addition of water will shift the reaction in backward direction.as we know from the Le chatleir's principle, equilibrium always try to minimize the distrubance and the reaction try to decrease the amount of water by going in to the backward direction(consume water).

2. Forward direction require hight temp. And backward direction require low temperature ,so on decreasing the temperature backward reaction will be favoured and there will be decrease in the yield of the product.

3. Removal to carboxylic acid lead to shift of reaction in backward direction as equilibrium will try to minimize the distrubance and system will try to increase the amount of carboxylic acid by shifting in backward direction and hence decrease the yield.

4. To increase the yield of the reaction we need to shift the reaction in forward direction .one way to do that is by removal of water. Removal of water makes reaction move in forwat direction as system will try to increase the amount of water by shifting the reaction in forward direction.