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Ch.3 - Mass Relationships in Chemical Reactions

Chapter 3, Problem 14

Combustion analysis is performed on 0.50 g of a hydrocar-bon and 1.55 g of CO2, and 0.697 g of H2O are produced. The mass spectrum for the hydrocarbon is provided below. What is the molecular formula? (LO 3.12 and 3.13)

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(a) C5H11 (b) C8H18 (c) C11H10 (d) C10H22

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