Percentage composition of element in the organic subtance

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a) Menthol, the organic substance in the pills can smell menthol cough drops, consisting of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. A sample of 100.1 mg menthol burns in oxygen, yielding 282.9 mg of carbon dioxide and water 115.9mg.

* Determine the percentage composition of each element in the organic subtance.

* What is the empirical formula for menthol?

* If 15.6 g are 0.1 moles of the compound. What is its molecular formula?

b) Write a balanced equation that includes or products in the following reactions.

* Mg (s) reacts with Cl2

* The hydrocarbon styrene, C8H8 (l) burns in air.

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