General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry: Structures of Life (5th Edition)
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Author: Karen C. Timberlake
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 8, Problem 16CI
The compound butyric acid gives rancid butter its characteristics door. (6.7, 7.4,7.5)
- If black spheres are carbon atoms, white spheres are hydrogen atoms, and red spheres are oxygen atoms, what is the molecular formula of butyric acid?
- What is the molar mass of butyric acid?
- How many grams of butyric acid contain 3.28 × 1023 atoms of oxygen?
- How many grams of carbon are in 5.28 g of butyric acid?
- Butyric acid has a density of 0.959 g/mL at 20?. How many moles of butyric acid are contained in 1.56 mL of butyric acid?
- Identify the bonds C-C, C-H and C-O in a molecule of butyric acid as polar covalent or nonpolar covalent.
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