Elementary analysis of carboxylic acids
Exercise 1
A saturated aliphatic monocarboxylic acid contains $31.37\%\;O$
Find condensed formulas of all possible isomers.
1)
One double bond, 2 O atoms:
General formula:
$C_nH_{2n}O_2$
$\%_O$ $=$ $\frac{32\cdot 100}{12n+2n+32}$
$\frac{3200}{14n+32}$ $=$ $31,37$
$n$ $=$ $5 $
Molecular formula:
$C_5H_{10}O_2$
2)
Condensed formulas:
$CH_3(CH_2)_3COOH$
$CH_3CH_2CH(CH_3)COOH$
$CH_3CH(CH_3)CH_2COOH$
$CH_3C(CH_3)_2COOH$