What is the empirical formula of a substance that contains 0.117 mol of carbon, 0.233 mol of hydrogen, and 0.117 mol of oxygen?

Empirical formula of a compound gives the proportions of the elements in that compound but it does not define the actual arrangement and number of atoms.

Let the empirical formula of compound be .

The ratio of number of moles of C, H and O can be calculated as follows:

Simplifying the ratio,

Thus, the value of x, y and z will be 1, 2 and 1 respectively.

Therefore, the empirical formula will be  .

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