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Aldehydes Ketones and Carboxylic Acids question

2020 · 9 Jan · Shift 2 · Q5
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Aldehydes Ketones and Carboxylic Acids question

2020 · 9 Jan · Shift 2 · Q5

JEE MainChemistryAldehydes Ketones and Carboxylic AcidsNumerical+4 / −1
Consider the following reactions JEE Main 2020 (Online) 9th January Evening Slot Chemistry - Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids Question 177 English The mass percentage of carbon in A is ‾\underline{\hspace{2cm}}​.
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Correct answer: 66.66TO66.67

The reaction scheme image/details are missing in the prompt, so the compound AAA is not explicitly defined. However, the stored correct answer strongly suggests that the mass percentage of carbon in AAA is approximately 66.67%66.67\%66.67%.

To interpret this chemically:

  1. A carbon mass percentage of 66.67%66.67\%66.67% means mass of Cmolar mass of compound×100=66.67\frac{\text{mass of C}}{\text{molar mass of compound}}\times 100 = 66.67molar mass of compoundmass of C​×100=66.67

  2. Since carbon contributes 121212 per carbon atom, a common possibility is a compound with formula C4H8O\mathrm{C_4H_8O}C4​H8​O: %C=4×124×12+8×1+16×100\%\text{C} = \frac{4\times 12}{4\times 12 + 8\times 1 + 16}\times 100%C=4×12+8×1+164×12​×100 =4848+8+16×100= \frac{48}{48+8+16}\times 100=48+8+1648​×100 =4872×100=66.67%= \frac{48}{72}\times 100 = 66.67\%=7248​×100=66.67%

  3. This matches the stored answer exactly. Such a formula is consistent with many aldehydes/ketones in this chapter.

Hence, the mass percentage of carbon in AAA is 66.67%66.67\%66.67%

Since the actual reaction scheme is absent, I cannot uniquely derive the identity of AAA from first principles here, but the numerical answer matches the stored correct answer.

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