The answer is A) Both formulas identify the specific in a particular compound. However, a <span>structural formula also shows how the atoms in a compound are bonded together.
Molecular formula: Advantage: shows chemical composition Disadvantage: No structural information
Structural formula: Advantage: shows chemical connectivity Disadvantage: Minimal three dimensional
Structural formula not only tells us about the number and types of atoms in a molecule but also tells us about the bonded positions of all the atoms in a molecule of that particular compound.
Molecular structure only tells us about the numbers of atoms and types of atoms present in a molecule of that particular compound.
For example: Molecular formula of propanone and propanal are same that is but structural formula is different that for propane and for propanal. Here structural formula is showing that how the atoms in propanone and propanal are bonded together.
Aniline is heated with acetic anhydride to form acetanilide. Treatment with bromine/acetic acid gives p-bromoacetanilide. Acid/alkaline hydrolysis gives p-bromoaniline.
