Hi guys. Thank you for all the help that you guys always give. I love this forum.
I have a question. Recently we did an experiment on the synthesis of Aspirin, using oil of winter green.
I have most of my calculations for a worksheet except a part where I am required to calculate the molar mass of Salicylic Acid based on three repeated titrations. I am supposed to take the average of the three titrations I did.
I have no idea how to go about calculating molar mass of Salicylic Acid and Aspirin from the titrations I did. For the titrations I did, all I have is masses of the samples I used (both for SA and Aspirin) and the difference in volume of NaOH used to titrate that mass. How can I find the molar mass of SA and Aspirin? I am supposed to average the three runs and get a representative molar mass and also I am required a RAD in ppth. Any help?
Second question: My actual crude of Aspirin was bigger than the theoretical yield I calculated, giving me a 112 percent yield of crude which makes no sense, of course. What could possibly be reasons for this? I know this would be a lot of errors. We did 4 days of lab work on this and I am sure that I made some errors. I am not chemist by no means.
I really appreciate the help. Thank you so much!
I have attached a picture of the data I have for the titrations: I don't know where to start to calculate molar mass of Aspirin and Salicylic Acid. Could you guys show me a sample calculation for one of the runs, please? Thank you!!!
Note: I used a standard 0.114 M NaOH