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2 years ago

The empirical formula of an organic compound is C2H4O. The molecular mass of the compound is 176g/mol.

Chemistry

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Brrunno [24]2 years ago

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Answer:

The molecular formula of the compound is $C_{8}H_{16}O_{4}$ . The molecular formula is obtained by the following expression shown below

$\textrm{Molecular formula }= n\times \textrm{Empirical formula}$

Explanation:

Given molecular mass of the compound is 176 g/mol

Given empirical formula is $C_{2}H_{4}O$

Atomic mass of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen are 12 u , 1 u and 16 u respectively.

Empirical formula mass of the compound = $\left ( 2\times12+4+16 \right ) \textrm{ u} = 44 \textrm{ g/mol}$

$n = \displaystyle \frac{\textrm{Molecular formula mass}}{\textrm{Empirical formula mass}} \\n = \displaystyle \frac{176}{44} = 4$

$\textrm{Molecular formula }= n\times \textrm{Empirical formula}$

Molecular formula = 4 $\times$ $C_{2}H_{4}O$

Molecular formula is $C_{8}H_{16}O_{4}$

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