Question

• Look at the list of ingredients on an item you have in your home for the name of an organic compound that interests you. I strongly encourage you to look up the compound you are interested in to make sure you are able to answer the questions below!
• Please do not select ionic compounds. The compound you select must contain carbon.

Using your textbook and the Internet, answer the following questions regarding your compound:

1. What is the name of your compound?
2. What is its chemical formula?
3. What is its molar mass? Show your work.
4. Write a balanced chemical equation using your compound.
5. How many valence electrons does your compound have?
6. Look up the structure for your compound and include it in your discussion posting.
7. Select one of the carbon atoms in your compound. You must clearly identify this carbon atom. What is the molecular geometry about this carbon atom in your compound?
8. Using the same central carbon atom you used in part g, what is the hybridization about this carbon atom?
9. List all the functional groups present in your compound.
10. List one piece of interesting information you found regarding your compound.

Answer 1

I choose the sugar .

Chemical formula:C12H22O11

Molar mass : 12×12 +22+16×11

=342 g/mol

Balanced chemical equation using my compound is

How to Balance: C12H22O11O2 CO2 H20

Valence electrons: A sucrose compound is comprised of 12 carbon atoms, 22 hydrogen atoms, and 11 oxygen atoms (C12H22O11), to which a total of 136 valence electrons are distributed amongst the 45 atoms.

Structure of my compound:

Н-о O-H н. assw O ARr H H - о -I

Hybridization in sugar:It is also a sp3 hybridization

Functional groups in my compound is R-O-R and R-OH

Interesting information about my compound is so large .it is as follows,

Sucrose is sucrose is a disaccharide formed by glucose and fructose units joined by an acetal oxygen bridge from hemiacetal of glucose to the hemiketal of the fructose. It has a role as an osmolyte, a sweetening agent, a human metabolite, an algal metabolite, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite, an Escherichia coli metabolite and a mouse metabolite