Chemistry · Practical Organic Chemistry

JEE Main 2026 — 4 April, Morning Shift — Question 65

2.0 g of a bromo hydrocarbon ( X ) was subjected to Carius analysis, gave 3.36 g of AgBr . The percentage of carbon in the compound ( X ) is 26.7%26.7 \%. Total number of carbon atoms in the empirical formula for compound ( X ) is ____\_\_\_\_ . (Given molar mass in gmol−1H:1,C:12\mathrm{g} \mathrm{mol}^{-1} \mathrm{H}: 1, \mathrm{C}: 12, Br : 80, Ag : 108)

Answer: 5

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Step-by-step solution

nBr=3.36(108+80)\mathrm{n}_{\mathrm{Br}}=\frac{3.36}{(108+80)} r=\mathrm{r}= no. of Br atoms in organic compound norganic compound =3.36(108+80)×x=2M\mathrm{n}_{\text {organic compound }}=\frac{3.36}{(108+80) \times \mathrm{x}}=\frac{2}{\mathrm{M}} M=2×188×x3.36\mathrm{M}=\frac{2 \times 188 \times \mathrm{x}}{3.36} M=12×xM=\frac{1}{2} \times x ( x is integer) WC=112×x×26.7100=30×x\mathrm{W}_{\mathrm{C}}=\frac{112 \times \mathrm{x} \times 26.7}{100}=30 \times \mathrm{x} nC=30×x12=2.5×x\mathrm{n}_{\mathrm{C}}=\frac{30 \times \mathrm{x}}{12}=2.5 \times \mathrm{x} take x=2,nC=5\mathrm{x}=2, \mathrm{n}_{\mathrm{C}}=5 (Empirical formula is C5H4Br\mathrm{C}_{5} \mathrm{H}_{4} \mathrm{Br} )

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Exam
JEE Main 2026
Subject
Chemistry
Chapter
Practical Organic Chemistry
Topic
Quantitative organic analysis
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