A 0.2417g sample of a compound composed of C,H,O,Cl only, is burned in oxygen yielding 0.4964g of CO2 and 0.0846g of H20. A separate 0.1696g sample of the compound is fused with sodium metal, the products dissolved in water and the chloride quantitatively precipitated with AGNO3 to yield 0.1891g of AgCI. What is the simplest empirical formula for the compound. O C3H1002CI O C,H5O2CI O C12HgO2Cl2 CH5OCI

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A 0.2417g sample of a compound composed of C,H,O,Cl only, is burned in oxygen
yielding 0.4964g of CO2 and 0.0846g of H20.
A separate 0.1696g sample of the compound is fused with sodium metal, the
products dissolved in water and the chloride quantitatively precipitated with AgNO3
to yield 0.1891g of AgCl. What is the simplest empirical formula for the compound.
O C3H1002CI
O C,H5O2CI
O C12H8O2Cl2
O CGH,OCI
Transcribed Image Text:A 0.2417g sample of a compound composed of C,H,O,Cl only, is burned in oxygen yielding 0.4964g of CO2 and 0.0846g of H20. A separate 0.1696g sample of the compound is fused with sodium metal, the products dissolved in water and the chloride quantitatively precipitated with AgNO3 to yield 0.1891g of AgCl. What is the simplest empirical formula for the compound. O C3H1002CI O C,H5O2CI O C12H8O2Cl2 O CGH,OCI
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