Mesitylene Is a Liquid Hydrocarbon

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Short Answer

Mesitylene is a liquid hydrocarbon. If 0.115 g of this compound is burned in pure oxygen to give 0.3790 g CO₂ and 0.1035 g H₂O, what is the empirical formula of the compound?

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