An “unnatural” sugar found as a component of hemicellulose was found to contain 40.00% C and 6.71% H (by mass). Separately it was determined that it contains only the elements C, H, and O. Finally, mass spectrometry analysis indicates that this sugar has a molecular weight of 150.13 amu. What is the Molecular Formula of this sugar

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An “unnatural” sugar found as a component of hemicellulose was found to contain 40.00% C and 6.71% H (by mass). Separately it was determined that it contains only the elements C, H, and O. Finally, mass spectrometry analysis indicates that this sugar has a molecular weight of 150.13 amu. What is the Molecular Formula of this sugar? 

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