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Please help find the chemical formula of this unknown alcohol. What is known:

C% 70.53

H % 13.81

BP 156 C

Common Name: MS IUPAC Name: Zoom Out CAS No.: Solvent: BP: MP: 1.00 0.90 0.80 0.70 0.60 0.50 0.40 0.30 0.20 0.10 0.00 Lu 0 30

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Given % of C = 70.53

% of H = 13.81

As it is alcohol, so there is O atom.

% of O = 100 - [70.53 + 13.81] = 15.66

Atomic mass of C = 12 g/mol, H = 1 g/mol, O = 16 g/mol

mol ratio of C : H : O = (70.53 / 12) : (13.81 / 1) : (15.66 / 16)

= 5.88 : 13.81 : 0.98

= (5.88 / 0.98) : (13.81 / 0.98) : (0.98 / 0.98) [dividing all by smallest number]

= 6 : 14 : 1

So molecular formula = C6H14O

Mass = (6*12) + (14*1) + (1*16) = 72+14+16 = 102 matches exactly

From boiling point data we can checked the structure as hexanol [CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2OH]

So chemical formula is C6H14O

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