) Methyl butyrate (component of apple taste and smell): 58.80%C, 9.87%H, and 31.33%O. B) Vanillin (responsible for the taste and smell of vanilla): 63.15%C, 5.30%H, and 31.55%O. C) C4H9, 114.22 g/mol

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Express your answer as a chemical formula.

A) Methyl butyrate (component of apple taste and smell): 58.80%C, 9.87%H, and 31.33%O.

B) Vanillin (responsible for the taste and smell of vanilla): 63.15%C, 5.30%H, and 31.55%O.

C) C4H9, 114.22 g/mol

D) CCl, 189.85 g/mol

E) C3H2N, 104.13 g/mol

 

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