Question

IDENTIFY EMPERICAL FORMULA OF CH2O

Answer 1

Answer:

Without a molecular weight determination you are a shot bird..........

Explanation:

Formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acetone, all the MONOFUNCTIONAL ketones and aldehydes have a formula of CnH2nO. Here n=1, but ncould equal 2,3,4........., and generate the same empirical formula.....

TO get the molecular formula, you need a molecular weight determination. Got one?

A useful idea to develop in this context is the so-called degree of unsaturation. You have the one degree of unsaturation for this problem.

Answer 2

I think it may be C6H12O6..