Cyclopropane, C3H6 , is an anesthetic given by inhalation. How many grams are in 0.27 moles of cyclopropane?

Answer 1

To answer this question let's look at the individual elements in this compound.

3 Carbon

6 Hydrogen

let's look at the atomic mass in the periodic table or can also look for this numbers online

Carbon: 12.0107

Hydrogen: 1.00784

Now let's multiply the number of each element by its respective weight and add them all together to get the total weight of one mole of our compound.

(3 x 12.0107) + (6 x 1.00784) = 42.07914 grams per mole.

Since we have 0.27 moles we multiply our weight by 0.27.

0.27 x 42.07914 = 11.36g of compound in 0.27 moles.