Answer to Question #165304 in General Chemistry for Rachel

Question

I need to find the formula for potassium citrate. I know it is C6H5K3O7 but I need to know how to reach that answer step by step.

Answer 1

Basic =(Potassium citrate is produced by adding potassium bicarbonate or potassium carbonate to a solution of citric acid until effervescence ceases, filtering the solution and evaporating to granulation.)

Now step wise :

1. Functional Group Test

2. Mass spectra

3. NMR

4. IR

so after that we can analyse the data and get the details of the compound Potassium citrate

C₆H₅K₃O₇