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JEE Mains · Chemistry · STD 11 - 8.3. Organic chemistry purification and characterization

On complete combustion, \(0.492\,g\) of an organic compound gave \(0.792\,g\) of \(CO _2\).The \(\%\) of carbon in the organic compound is \(..................\) (Nearest integer)

  1. A \(42\)
  2. B \(43\)
  3. C \(48\)
  4. D \(44\)
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(D) \(44\)

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weight of \(C\) in \(0.792\,gm CO _2\) \(=\frac{12}{44} \times 0.792=0.216\) \(\% \text { of } C \text { in compound }=\frac{0.216}{0.492} \times 100\) \(=43.90 \%\) Ans:\(44\)
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