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Blababa [14]
2 years ago
5

The sugar deoxyribose is an important component of DNA. Deoxyribose is 44.8% 7.5% H, and 47.7% O by mass. What is the empirical

formula for deoxyribose?
Chemistry
1 answer:
Lera25 [3.4K]2 years ago
3 0

Answer:

C₅H₁₀O₄  

Explanation:

The empirical formula is the simplest whole-number ratio of atoms in a compound.

The ratio of atoms is the same as the ratio of moles.

So, our job is to calculate the molar ratio of C:H:O.

Assume 100 g of deoxyribose.

1. Calculate the mass of each element.

Then we have 44.8 g C, 7.5 g H, and 47.7 g O.

2. Calculate the moles of each element

\text{Moles of C} = \text{44.8 g C} \times \dfrac{\text{1 mol C}}{\text{12.01 g C}} = \text{3.730 mol C}\\\\\text{Moles of H} = \text{7.5 g H} \times \dfrac{\text{1 mol H}}{\text{1.008 g H }} = \text{7.44 mol H}\\\\\text{Moles of O} = \text{47.7 g O} \times \dfrac{\text{1 mol O}}{\text{16.00 g O }} = \text{2.981 mol O}

3. Calculate the molar ratio of the elements

Divide each number by the smallest number of moles

C:H:O = 3.730:7.44:2.981 = 1.251:2.50:1 = 5.005:9.98:4 ≈ 5:10:4

4. Write the empirical formula

EF = C₅H₁₀O₄

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