It's a cyclohexane ring with an ethyl group at 1 and a methyl group at 3. The Ethyl group is bigger and more important group get's the first position.
1-ethyl-3-methylcyclohexane
Xylene moles =\frac{17.12}{106.16×1000}=0.00016moles=
106.16×1000
17.12
=0.00016moles
Moles of CO_2 =\frac{56.77}{44.01×1000}=0.0013CO
2
=
44.01×1000
56.77
=0.0013
Moles of H_2O= =\frac{14.53}{18.02×1000}=0.0008H
2
O==
18.02×1000
14.53
=0.0008
Moles ratios
\frac{0.0013}{0.0008}=1.625
0.0008
0.0013
=1.625
\frac{0.0008}{0.0008}=1
0.0008
0.0008
=1
Hence molecular fomula
The empirical formula is C 4H 5.
The molecular formula C8H10
