How do I get the material I'm looking for here?

A mass ratio of C:H:O = 6:1:8 is given (30 g/mol).

I've never seen anything like it before. It's like alcohol breath!

I thought about the following:

M= 12/1/16 and the ratio of m and M = 0.5/1/0.5.

But how do you arrive at the correct molecular formula? There are no half carbon atoms.

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Picus48
1 year ago

Only CH 2 O Possible formaldehyde.

MeisterRuelps, UserMod Light

I guess there's a typing error and it must be called C:H:O = 6:8:1

You have an oxygen atom, this can be (uncharged) maximum bivalent, so either (per side) a C atom OR can be a C atom on one side and an H atom on the other side.

One could thus form an OH group and would then have 6 C and 7 H atoms. Now the binding regulations are considered and obtained, for example

(1E,3E)-hexa-1,3,5-trien-1-ol (Chemical Formula: C6H8O)

another variant would be

cyclohexa-1,4-dien-1-ol (Chemical Formula: C6H8O)

etc.

There are various other possibilities, these are only two of them

Mscgekauft
1 year ago

What existing/nonexistent information has confused you?

MeisterRuelps, UserMod Light

Well, your question is a bit confusing 🙂 best try to put it the next time so that outsiders understand it.