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Identify the molecule having empirical formula CH2O:

A
CH3CHO
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HOCH2CH2OH
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COOH|COOH
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D
CH3COOH
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Solution

The correct option is A CH3COOH
Empirical formula is a simplest ratio of the total number of the atoms in the given element.
Here CH3COOH can also be written as C2H4O2
Its simplest formula can be written as CH2O.
Thus empirical formula of the CH3COOH is CH2O

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