If 200 g salicylic acid is added to 100 g acetic anhydride, which reactant will limit the reaction?
Step 2: Choose one of the reactants and calculate how much of the other reactant is needed to react completely with the amount initially present.
The choice of reactants is arbitrary; you will arrive at the same conclusion choosing either reactant. Let's first choose salicylic acid.
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How many moles of acetic anhydride will react with 1.45 moles
of salicylic acid?
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