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Part A Combustion analysis of toluene, a common organic solvent, gives 8.79 mg of CO2 and 2.06 mg of H2O. If the compound...

Part A

Combustion analysis of toluene, a common organic solvent, gives 8.79 mg of CO2 and 2.06 mg of H2O. If the compound contains only carbon and hydrogen, what is its empirical formula?

Express your answer as a chemical formula.

Part B

Menthol, the substance we can smell in mentholated cough drops, is composed of C, H, and O. A 0.1307 −mg sample of menthol is combusted, producing 0.3678 mg of CO2 and 0.1507 mg of H2O. What is the empirical formula for menthol?

Express your answer as a chemical formula.

Part C

If the compound has a molar mass of 156 g/mol, what is its molecular formula?

Express your answer as a chemical formula.

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