Question

what is the importance of obtaining the percent yield of a product. for instance i had to do steam distillation to obtain eugenol benzoate. once i calculate the % yield what could be the importance apart from that's the amount of product obtained

Answer 1

One thing the percent yield will tell you is something about the side reactions. If the percent yield is virtually 100% you know that the side reactions were minimal. If the percent yield is 25% or so, you know that at leat another side reaction is competing with what you wanted (or your quantitative skills are not too good).

Answer 2

ok thanks!