Asked by cheri

A 115 mg sample of eugenol, the compound
responsible for the odor of cloves, was placed
in an evacuated flask with a volume of 500 mL
at 280C. After the eugenol completely evap-
orated, the pressure that it exerted in the
flask under those conditions was found to
be 48.3 Torr. In a combustion experiment,
18.8 mg of eugenol burned to give 50.4 mg of
carbon dioxide and 12.4 mg of water. What
is the molecular formula of eugenol?

Answers

Answered by DrBob222
PV = nRT and solve for n.
n = grams/molar mass. You know n and grams, solve for molar mass

Convert CO2 and H2O to grams C and grams H and convert those to mols.

Use those to find the empirical formul.
Finally. (empirical formula mass)<sub>x</sub> = molar mass (from setp 1 and 2).Solve for x.
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