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1. The empirical formula of a compound containing 47.37% carbon and 10.59% hydrogen, with the balance assumed to be oxygen, is C3H8O2. 2. The molecular formula of a hydrocarbon containing 92.3% carbon and 7.74% hydrogen and having a molar mass of approximately 79 g/mol is C6H6. 3. The empirical formula of a compound that produced 1.738 g of CO2 and 0.711 g of H2O upon complete combustion of a 1.500 g sample is C2H4O3.

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1. The empirical formula of a compound containing 47.37% carbon and 10.59% hydrogen, with the balance assumed to be oxygen, is C3H8O2. 2. The molecular formula of a hydrocarbon containing 92.3% carbon and 7.74% hydrogen and having a molar mass of approximately 79 g/mol is C6H6. 3. The empirical formula of a compound that produced 1.738 g of CO2 and 0.711 g of H2O upon complete combustion of a 1.500 g sample is C2H4O3.

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EMPIRICAL AND MOLECULAR FORMULAS

1. An organic compound was found on analysis to contain 47.37% carbon and 10.59% hydrogen.
The balance was presumed to be oxygen. What is the empirical formula of the compound?
Ans.: C3H8O2
1 mol 3.944 mol
C 47.37 g × = 3.944 mol = 1.501 mol × 2 = 3.002 mol ≈ 3 mol
12.01 g 2.6275

1 mol 10.506 mol


H 10.59 g × = 10.506 mol = 3.998 mol × 2 = 7.996 mol ≈ 8 mol
1.008 g 2.6275

1 mol 2.6275 mol


O 42.04 g × = 2.6275 mol = 1.000 mol × 2 = 2.000 mol ≈ 2 mol
16.00 g 2.6275

2. A hydrocarbon containing 92.3% C and 7.74% H was found (by measuring its gas density) to
have a molar mass of approximately 79 g/mol. What is the molecular formula?
Ans.: C6H6
1 mol 7.69 mol
C 92.3 g × = 7.69 mol = 1.00 mol ≈ 1 mol
12.01 g 7.68

1 mol 7.68 mol


H 7.74 g × = 7.68 mol = 1.00 mol ≈ 1 mol
1.008 g 7.68

Molar Mass from Emp. Formula = 12.01 g/mol × 1 mol + 1.008 g/mol × 1 mol = 13.02 g/mol

Molec. Formula: (CH)n n = (79 g/mol) / (13.02 g/mol) ≈ 6

3. A 1.500-g sample of a compound containing only C, H, and O was burned completely. The only
combustion products were 1.738 g CO2 and 0.711 g H2O. What is the empirical formula of the
compound?
Ans.: C2H4O3
1 mol CO2 1 mol C 12.01 g C
1.738 g CO2 × × × = 0.4743 g C
44.01 g CO2 1 mol CO2 1 mol C

1 mol H2O 2 mol H 1.008 g H


0.711 g H2O × × × = 0.0796 g H
18.01 g CO2 1 mol H2O 1 mol H

mass of O = 1.500 g – 0.4743 g – 0.0796 g = 0.946 g

1 mol 0.03949 mol


C 0.4743 g × = 0.03949 mol = 1.000 mol × 2 = 2.00 mol ≈2 mol
12.01 g 0.03949

1 mol 0.07897 mol


H 0.0796 g × = 0.07897 mol = 2.000 mol × 2 = 4.00 mol ≈ 4 mol
1.008 g 0.03949

1 mol 0.0591 mo
O 0.946 g × = 0.0591 mol = 1.50 mol × 2 = 3.00 mol ≈ 3 mol
16.00 g 0.03949
4. In the article on “Chemistry” in the Ninth Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica (published in
1878) the author (H. A. Armstrong) says that Mendeleev had recently proposed that uranium
be assigned the atomic weight 240 in place of the old value 120 that had been assigned to it
by Berzelius, but that he himself preferred 180. Mendeleev was right. The correct formula of
pitchblende, an important ore of uranium, is U3O8.What formula was written for pitchblende by
(a) Berzelius, (b) Armstrong?(From General Chemistry by L. Pauling)
Ans.: (a) U3O4; (b) UO2
Accepted Atomic Uranium-to- Accepted
Chemist Weight of Oxygen Mole Formula for
Uranium Ratio Pitchblende
Mendeleev 240 3:8 U3O8

Berzelius 120 6:8 U3O4

Armstrong 180 4:8 UO2

5. One of the earliest methods for determining the molar mass of proteins was based on chemical
analysis. A hemoglobin preparation was found to contain 0.335% iron. (a) If the hemoglobin
molecule contains 1 atom of iron, what is its molar mass? (b) If it contains 4 atoms of iron, what
is its molar mass?
Ans.: (a) 1.67104 g/mol;

(b) 6.67104 g/mol


(a)

g Fe 0.335 g 55.85 g
= =
g protein 100 g Xg

(100 g protein) (1 mole of protein)

X = 16,672 Molar mass of the protein = 1.67104 g/mol

(b)

g Fe 0.335 g 4×55.85 g
= =
g protein 100 g Zg

(100 g protein) (1 mole of protein)

Z = 4X = 66,686 Molar mass of the protein = 6.67104 g/mol

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