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Q. Methylation of $10\, g$ of benzene gave $9.2\, g$ of toluene. Calculate the percentage yield of toluene______.

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Solution:

$\underset{\frac{10}{78}}{C _{6} H _{6}}+ CH _{3} Cl \rightarrow \underset{\left(\frac{10}{78} \times 92\right) gm \Rightarrow}{C _{6} H _{5} CH _{3}+ HCl}$
$\frac{A_y}{ T _{y}}=\%$ yield $=\frac{9.2}{920} \times 78 \times 100 \Rightarrow 78 \%$