Question

Wine goes bad soon after opening because the ethanol CH3CH2OH dissolved in it reacts with oxygen O2 gas to form water and aqueous acetic acid CH3COOH, the main ingredient in vinegar. Calculate the moles of ethanol needed to produce 0.095mol of water. Be sure your answer has a unit symbol, if necessary, and round it to 2 significant digits.

Answer 1

We need 0.095 moles of ethanol

Step-by-step explanation:

Step 1: Data given

Number of moles water = 0.095 moles

Step 2: The balanced equation

CH3CH2OH + O2 ⇒ H2O + CH3COOH

Step 3: Calculate moles of ethanol

For 1 mol ethanol we need 1 mol oxygen to produce 1 mol water and 1 mol acetic acid

For 0.095 moles water, we need 0.095 moles ethanol and 0.095 moles oxygen

We need 0.095 moles of ethanol