The compound chloral hydrate, known in detective stories as knockout drops, is composed of 25.52%C, 1.83% H,
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(a) What is the empirical formula of this substance?
(b) What is the molecular formula of this substance?
(c) Draw the Lewis structure of the molecule, assuming that the Cl atoms bond to a single C atom and that there are a C-C bond and C-O two bonds in the compound.
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Chemistry The Central Science
ISBN: 978-0321696724
12th edition
Authors: Theodore Brown, Eugene LeMay, Bruce Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward
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