Menthol (FW = 156.3 g/mol), the strong-smelling substance in many cough drops, is a compound of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Wh
en 0.1595 g of menthol was burned in a combustion apparatus, 0.449 g of CO2 and 0.184 g of H2O formed. What is menthol's molecular formula? enter as C#H#O#
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Answer:
B
Explanation:
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C2H4 is a alkene (C-C double bond). When steam (water) is added, it turns into an alcohol, where the double bond breaks and a (-OH) functional group is attached to one of the Carbons. In this case, C2H4 ethene is turned into ethanol.
When an alcohol undergoes oxidation, primary alcohols turn into aldehyde (-CHO) or carboxylic acids (-COOH). Secondary alcohol turns into ketone. Ethanol is a primary alcohol. And since it later reacts with propanol, it can only form carboxylic acid when it oxidizes. The product in this reaction is ethanoic acid.
Carboxylic acid reacts with alcohol to form an ester (-COO-). the -COOH group from acid combines with the -OH group from alcohol to form an ester bond -COO- while eliminating H2O. Therefore, when propanol undergoes esterification with ethanoic acid, propyl ethanoate is produced. It is the answer of B.
