Question

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In an experiment, the molar mass of the compound was determined to be 118.084 g/mol. What is the molecular formula of the compound?

Answer 1

Succinic acid most probably

• C_4H_6O_4

Lets see why?

The molar mass is given as 118.084g/mol

Decimal next place i.e 10th place contains 0 means it has OH bonds in most of the cases.

So it's a hydrocarbon and more closely an alcohol or aldehyde

Let's verify

• 4(12)+6(1)+16(4)
• 64+48+6
• 70+58
• 118g/mol

Approximately equal