4.2 A compound that can be sampled or "smelled by sniffing your armpits or someone's unwashed feet, because it is a contributor to the odor of fermenting perspiration" has the following elemental composition: 55.80% C, 7.03% H, and 37.17% O. What is the empirical formula for this compound? And, if the molar mass of this compound is 86.09 g/mole, what is the molecular formula?

4.2 A compound that can be sampled or "smelled by sniffing your armpits or someone's unwashed feet, because it is a contributor to the odor of fermenting perspiration" has the following elemental composition: 55.80% C, 7.03% H, and 37.17% O. What is the empirical formula for this compound? And, if the molar mass of this compound is 86.09 g/mole, what is the molecular formula?

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