empirical formulla

how do you determine the amount of carbon in a compound?

since all the carbon in the organic compound ends up in the CO2 produced, the amount of CO2produced in mol, is equal to the amount of carbon in the organic compound in mols

how do you determine the amount of hydrogen in the organic compound?

all the hydrogen in the organic compound ends up in the water produced . the am out of hydrogen in the organic. compound, is twice the amount of water produced in mol

n(H)=2x n(H2O)

how do you determine the amount of oxygen in an organic compound?

the amount of O in an organic compound cannot simply be determined from the amount of O2 present in both the carbon dioxide and the water producded . because he oxygen present in the products comes from there two sources it is determined by subtracting the mass of carbon and the mass of hydrogen from the og mass of the compound

how do you determine the molecular formula from the empirical formula?

mollar mass/ mm of ef = value, this value you times the empirical formula by to get molecular formula