Answer: The compound chloral hydrate, known in detective stories as knockout drops, is
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The compound chloral hydrate, known in detective stories as knockout drops, is composed of 14.52% C, 1.83% H, 64.30% Cl, and 13.35% O by mass, and has a molar mass of 165.4 g/mol. (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 two C ? O bonds in the compound.Unfortunately, we don't have that question answered yet. But you can get it answered in just 5 hours by Logging in or Becoming a subscriber.
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