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The Percent Purity of a Malonic Acid Reagent Must Be

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The percent purity of a malonic acid reagent must be calculated.A student weighs out 0.1511 grams of malonic acid,CH2(CO2H)2,and quantitatively transfers the solid to a 250 mL Erlenmeyer flask.To the flask 50.00 mL of distilled water is added to dissolve the malonic acid.After dissolution,the student uses a 50 mL volumetric pipet to add 50 mL of 0.200 M Ce4+,which is allowed to react with the malonic acid.After complete reaction,the excess Ce4+ is back titrated with 14.58 mL of 0.100 M Fe2+ solution.Calculate the percent purity malonic acid.
CH2(CO2H)2 + 2 H2O + 6 Ce4+ → 2 CO2 + HCO2H + 6 Ce3+ + 6 H+
Ce4+ + Fe2+ ⇋ Ce3+ + Fe3+

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