Acrylonitrile, C3H3N (53.07 g/mol), is used in the synthesis of a variety of plastics. What mass of acrylonitrile can be produced from a mixture of 2.85 kg of propylene, C3H6 (42.09 g/mol), 1.65 kg ammonia, NH3 (17.04 g/mol), and 3.05 kg of oxygen, O2 (32.00 g/mol) if the overall yield of the reaction (shown below) is 74.5%?
2 C3H6(g) + 2 NH3(g) + 3 O2(g) --> 2 C3H3N(g) + 6 H2O(g) (balanced equation)
ANSWER: the amount of acrylonitrile that may be produced is 2510 g.