The empirical formula of a compound is determined to be CH2O, and its molecular mass is found to be 90.087 g/mol. Determine the molecular formula of the compound, showing your work.

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Ashanti Carlson

3 October, 12:05

The empirical formula of a compound is determined to be CH2O, and its molecular mass is found to be 90.087 g/mol. Determine the molecular formula of the compound, showing your work.

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Kamila Pearson · Answer 1

To find the molecular formula of the compound, we get the molar mass of empirical formula CH2o which is 30 g/mol. We divided the molecular mass of 90.087 g/mol by 30, we get 3. Hence, we multiply each element by 3, getting the molecular formula of C3H6O3.