Question

In the absence of other information, you can predict that an organic molecule with the empirical formula of c12h24o12 is a_____.

Answer 1

The empirical formula of c12h24o12 is a carbohydrate.

Carbohydrate

A carbohydrate is a biomolecule made up of carbon (C), hydrogen (H), and oxygen (O) atoms, often with a hydrogen-oxygen atom ratio of 2:1 (as in water), and so having the empirical formula Cm(H2O)n (where m may or may not be different from n). All molecules that meet this exact stoichiometric criterion are not, however, automatically categorized as being carbohydrates.

The term is most frequently used in biochemistry, where it is used as a synonym for saccharide, a class of compounds that includes sugars, starches, and cellulose. The four chemical categories of saccharides are monosaccharides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides, and polysaccharides. The smallest carbohydrates, monosaccharides and disaccharides, are sometimes referred to as sugars.

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