Percentage Yield and Atom Economy

Percentage yield:

• Percentage yield is a way of comparing the amount of product made (actual yield) to the amount of product expected to be made (predicted yield)
• You can calculate percentage yield using this formula:

Percentage yield = actual yield/predicted yield x 100

• A 100% yield means no proudct has been lost (actual yield = predicted yield)
• A 0% yield means no product has been made.
• There are several reasons why the percentage yield is less than the expected yield. The products could be lost in evaporation, filtration or during…