Organic Chemistry Answers

Amy is considering embarking on a business that sells scented oils.  She would like to create a “fruity” scent, and she has found out from her friend Ryan in Grade 12 U Chemistry, that methylpropyl methanoate will produce this particular odour.   What two reactants would Ryan need to obtain to help Amy create this fruity scent?  Write the chemical equation for such a reaction, including the chemical structures and names of the reactants and the products.  Don’t forget to include necessary reaction conditions if applicable. [4 marks]

A sample of coal powder was analysed by proximate analysis. The observed results were as follows. Moisture content: 43%; volatile content: 28%. If the initial weight of the samples was 0.80 gm, find out the amount of moisture content (in gm), volatile content (in gm), carbon content (in gm) and ash content (in %) content, provided that at the end of the experiment the residual ash was found to be 100.0 mg.