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Problem 55

(a) Combustion analysis of toluene, a common organic solvent, gives 5.86 $\mathrm{mg}$ of $\mathrm{CO}_{2}$ and 1.37 $\mathrm{mg}$ of $\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}$ . If the compound contains only carbon and hydrogen, what is its empirical formula? (b) Menthol, the substance can smell in mentholated cough drops, is composed of $\mathrm{C}, \mathrm{H},$ and $\mathrm{O} . \mathrm{A}$ 0.1005 -gsample of mentholis combusted, producing 0.2829 $\mathrm{g}$ of $\mathrm{CO}_{2}$ and 0.1159 $\mathrm{g}$ of $\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O} .$ What is the empirical formula for menthol? If menthol has a molar mass of 156 $\mathrm{g} / \mathrm{mol}$ what is its molecular formula?

a) $C_{7} H_{8}$
b) Final ratio is C 10 $\mathrm{H} 20 \mathrm{O}$ ; see explanation

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