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120 grams of an organic compound contains 40% C by mass, 8 g-atom of H and 64 grams of oxygen, The molecular formula of compound is :

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Important Questions on Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry

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The formulae of an oxide of an element M is MO. The formulae of its phosphate is
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If the vapour density of the carbon containing gaseous substance is 13, which of the following is its molecular formula?
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An element X with atomic number 13 combines with another element Y of atomic number 17. The formula of the compound formed and the nature of the bond will be:
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An organic compound contains 80% (by wt.) carbon and remaining percentage of hydrogen. The right option for the empirical formula of this compound is: [Atomic wt. of C is 12 and of H is 1]
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An organic compound contains 60%C; 4.48%H and 35.5% O. Its empirical formula is
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A pure compound contains 2.4 g of C,1.2×1023 atoms of H,0.2 moles of oxygen atoms. Its empirical formula is
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The molecular formula of chloride of a metal M is MCl2. The molecular formula of an oxide of M will be:
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A compound with molecular mass 180 is acylated with CH3COCl to get a compound with molecular mass 390. The number of amino groups presents per molecule of the former compound is
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Molecular formula of a compound is C6H18O3. Find its empirical formula.
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Find the empirical formula and the molecular formula of an organic compound from the data given below:

C = 75.92%,  H = 6.32%  and  N = 17.76%

The vapour density of the compound is 39.5.  [C = 12,  H = 1,  N = 14]

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Compound A contains 8.7% Hydrogen, 74% Carbon and 17.3% Nitrogen. The molecular formula of the compound is, Given : Atomic masses of C,H and N are 12,1 and 14 amu respectively.

The molar mass of the compound A is 162 g mol-1.

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The empirical formula and molecular mass of a compound are CH2O and 180 g respectively. The molecular formula of the compound will be
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Number of hydrogen atoms per molecule of a hydrocarbon A having 85.8% carbon is (Given : Molar mass of A=84 g mol-1 )
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A compound has the following composition by weight; Na=18.60%, S=25.80%, H=4.02% and O=51.58% Assuming that all the hydrogen atoms in the compound are part of water of crystallization, the correct molecular formula of the compound is
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When a hydrocarbon A undergoes combustion in the presence of air, it requires 9.5 equivalents of oxygen and produces 3 equivalents of water. What is the molecular formula of A?
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An organic compound contains 24% carbon, 4% hydrogen and remaining chlorine. Its empirical formula is
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1.25 g of a metal (M) reacts with oxygen completely to produce 1.68 g of metal oxide. The empirical formula of the metal oxide is [Molar mass of M and O are 69.7 g mol-1 and 16.0 g mol-1 , respectively]
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A solution of a substance 'X' is used for whitewashing.

(a) Name the substance 'X' and write its formula.

(b) Write the reaction of the substance with water.

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In a compound C, H and N are present in 9:1:3.5 by weight. If molecular weight of compound is 108, the molecular formula of compound is
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The ratio of mass percent of C and H of an organic compound CXHYOZ is 6 : 1. If one molecule of the above compound CXHYOZ contains half as much oxygen as required to burn one molecule of compound CXHY completely to CO2 and H2O. The empirical formula of the compound CXHYOZ is