2. Levetiracetam is marketed under the trade name Keppra it is a drug used for to prevent seizures. The chemical formula for this drug is C&H14N202.
a. What is the molar mass of this drug? 170.209 g/mol
b. How many moles are in 15mg of this drug (1000mg = 1 gram)?
c. How many molecules are in 15mg of this drug?
d. How many oxygen atoms are in 15mg of this drug?
e. How many aitrogen atoms are in 15mg of this drug?

a. C₈H₁₄N₂O₂ = 107.209 g/mol

b. Approximately 1.4 × 10⁻⁴ moles

c. 8.423 × 10¹⁹ molecules

d. 1.685 × 10²⁰ atoms of oxygen

e. 1.685 × 10²⁰ atoms of nitrogen

Explanation:

The chemical formula is found as follows;

X×12 + 14×1 + 14×2 + 16×2 = 170.209

Where:

X = Number of carbon atoms per mole of C&H₁₄N₂O₂

Therefore;

X × 12 = 170.209 - 74 = 96.209

X = 96.209/12 = 8.017 ≈ 8

The chemical formula is C₈H₁₄N₂O₂

b. The number of moles, n, is found as follows;

c. The number of molecules, N, is given by the following relation;

N = × n

Where:

= Avogadro's number = 6.02 × 10²³ molecules

∴ N = 6.02 × 10²³ × 1.4 × 10⁻⁴ = 8.423 × 10¹⁹ molecules

d. The number of oxygen atom per molecule of C₈H₁₄N₂O₂ = 2 oxygen atoms

The number molecules of C₈H₁₄N₂O₂ in 15 mg of C₈H₁₄N₂O₂ = 8.423 × 10¹⁹ molecules

Therefore;

The number of oxygen atom per 15 mg of C₈H₁₄N₂O₂ = 2 × 8.423 × 10¹⁹  oxygen atoms

The number of oxygen atom per 15 mg of C₈H₁₄N₂O₂  = 1.685 × 10²⁰ atoms of oxygen

e. The number of nitrogen atoms are equal to the number of oxygen atoms per molecule of C₈H₁₄N₂O₂, therefore;

The number of nitrogen atoms = 1.685 × 10²⁰ atoms of nitrogen.

pre-sliced bread is a relatively recent development in baking technology. previous to that, it was always sold in a bakery in daily-made contiguous loaves with no wrapping, and was moderately perishable, usually being used with a day or two (which is why every bakery had a discounted “day-old” bread table.) therefore, pre-sliced bread would grow stale quickly. the hard crust provided a protective layer, and once the exposed dry slice left from the previous cut was removed, the interior was still soft.

what keeps bread soft is the moisture retained in the crumb (the light spongy part that’s not crust). the reason the crust develops is the surface of the dough gets exposed to hot dry air during baking which browns the outer layer and seals it, preventing all the moisture from escaping the dough. longer exposure to air will also eventually cause your bread to lose flavor and become stale.

people were used to cutting slices as they needed them and storing bread in a specially-made wooden or metal breadbox or pail with a lid to preserve it longer, but the first automatically sliced commercial loaves were produced on july 6, 1928, in chillicothe, missouri, using a machine invented by otto rohwedder, an iowa-born, missouri-based jeweler.[1] pre-sliced bread would indeed dry out, were it not for another 20th century technology: the plastic bag. bread could now be pre-sliced, and if the enclosing bag remains sealed as much as possible, the bread will remain soft and fresh for longer than if sitting unwrapped on a shelf or enclosed in a bread box that is not air-tight. sealed packaging meant bread could also be sold on store shelves and eliminate frequent trips to a bakery.

sealing bread in a plastic bag had another effect: the moisture in the loaf will re-distribute into the crust and soften it, which is sometimes more pleasing in a sandwich - especially for children whose teeth might not yet be strong enough to tear through a hard crust. a homemade loaf of bread can be sealed in a bag overnight and the crust will become soft like store-bought sandwich bread.

these were novel changes in how bread was produced and sold, which led to the coining of the phrase “the greatest thing since sliced bread.”