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Butanedione, a component of butter and body odor, has a cheesy smell. Elemental analysis of butanedione gave the mass percent composition:

C: 55.80%

H: 7.03%

O: 37.17%

The molar mass of butanedione is 86.09 g/mol

Determine the molecular formula of butanedione.

Butanedione, a component of butter and body odor, has a cheesy smell. Elemental analysis-example-1
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The molecular formula of butanedione = C4 h6 O2

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