Question

his is the chemical formula for epinephrine (the main ingredient in adrenaline): C9H13O3N A biochemist has determined by measurements that there are 33. moles of carbon in a sample of epinephrine. How many moles of nitrogen are in the sample?

Answer 1

Answer:

3.67 moles of N

Explanation:

The epinephrine's chemical formula is: C₉H₁₃O₃N

We were told that a chemist found that in a mesaure of epinephrine, he found 33 moles of C

We must know that 9 moles of C are in 1 mol of C₉H₁₃O₃N so, let's make a rule of three:

If 9 moles of C are found in 1 mol of C₉H₁₃O₃N

Therefore 33 moles of C must be found in (33 .1) / 9 = 3.67 moles of C₉H₁₃O₃N

There is a second rule of three, then.

In 1 mol of C₉H₁₃O₃N we have 1 mol of N

Then, 3.67 moles C₉H₁₃O₃N must have (3.67 . 1) / 1 = 3.67 moles of N

Remember 1 mol of C₉H₁₃O₃N has 9 moles of C, 13 moles of H, 3 moles of O and 1 mol of N