Question

!!HELP PLS!! A compound sample contains 0.783g of C, 0.196 g of H, 0.521 g 0 and the molecular formula molar mass is 184.27g/mol. What is molecular formula of this

substance?

Answer 1

First

divide each element by its Molecular Mass to get their respective moles

Then Divide through by the lowest of the moles

You'll have the ratio of Carbon Hydrogen and Oxygen to be

C2H3O

Given Molecular Mass=184.27

C2H3On=184.27

n(12x2 + 1x3 + 16) =184.27

Evaluating this... You'll have n=4.3

Pls check if you assigned the correct value to each element