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Question 58

Hydrazine is a highly reactive foaming agent used in the preparation of polymer foams and as a rocket propellant.

a.

Draw a dot and cross diagram to show the covalent bonding in a molecule of hydrazine (N2H4\text{N}_2\text{H}_4N2​H4​). Only the outer electrons in each atom need to be shown.

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b.

Compound Z is a naturally occurring dicarboxylic acid found in broccoli and sugar beets.

Compound Z contains 40.7% carbon, 5.1% hydrogen and 54.2% oxygen by mass. Calculate the empirical formula of Z.

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c.

The relative formula mass (MrM_rMr​) of Z is 118. What is the molecular formula of Z?

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