of an anhydrous organic acid gave on complete combustion of and of . Calculate the percentage of Car — Practical Organic Chemistry and Purification Chemistry Question

💡 Solution & Explanation

Using Liebig's method formula for percentage of carbon: $\%C = \frac{12}{44} \times \frac{\text{Mass of } CO_2}{\text{Mass of compound}} \times 100$. Substituting the values: $\%C = \frac{12}{44} \times \frac{0.44}{0.20} \times 100 = 12 \times \frac{0.01}{0.20} \times 100 = \frac{12}{20} \times 100 = 60\%$.