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Wine goes bad soon after opening because the ethanol ch3ch2oh in it reacts with oxygen gas o2 from the air to form water h2o and acetic acid ch3cooh , the main ingredient of vinegar. Calculate the moles of ethanol needed to produce 0.055mol of acetic acid. Be sure your answer has a unit symbol, if necessary, and round it to the correct number of significant digits.

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Answer:

For producing 0.55 mole of acetic acid, 0.55 mole of ethanol is required.

Explanation:

The balanced equation for this reaction is

CH3CH2OH + O2 --> CH3COOH + H2O

As we can see in this equation, the ration of number of moles of acetic acid to the number of moles of ethanal is equal to [tex]1 : 1[/tex]

Hence, in order to produce one mole of acetic acid, 1 mole of ethanol is required.

Thus, for producing 0.55 mole of acetic acid, 0.55 mole of ethanol is required.  

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