Wednesday, 28 March 2007

SAT Question of the Day

A hydrocarbon is burned in oxygen and the ratio of moles of carbon dioxides to the moles of water obtained is 2:1. Find the hydrocarbon if it has 2 main resonance structures.

(A)CH4
(B)C2H4
(C)C2H2
(D)C6H6
(E)None of the above.

6 comments:

chuck norris said...

The answer is D, benzene

Anonymous said...

yea i got D

Anonymous said...

yea i got D

charlie said...
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Anonymous said...

it is definitely D. I am curious, Charlie, what 2 resonance structures have you found for acetylene? For benzene there are the Kekule structures.

charlie said...
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