Complete combustion of 4.5892 a particular compound that contains only carbon, hydrogen and oxygen produces 10.4324 g of CO2 and 4.2705 g of H2O. The empirical formula of the compound is given by C H O (indicate "1" if there is only one atom of a given type in the empirical formula.) The molar mass of the compound is found to be 116.16 g/mol in a different experiment. What is the molecular formula of the compound? C H O

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Complete combustion of 4.5892 a particular compound that contains only carbon, hydrogen and oxygen produces 10.4324 g of CO2 and 4.2705 g of H2O. The empirical formula of the compound is given by

C H O (indicate "1" if there is only one atom of a given type in the empirical formula.)

The molar mass of the compound is found to be 116.16 g/mol in a different experiment. What is the molecular formula of the compound?

C H O  

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