When 20g of glucovanillin(an organic compound found in the green fruit of vanilla) are dissolved in 200g..?

phenol, hte boiling point of the new solution was observed to be 183 degrees celcuis, what is the molecular weight of the compound?

a.300 g/mol
b.617 g/mol
c.33.3g/mol
d.265 g/mol

Answer:
Glucovanillin, an organic compound found in the green fruit of vanilla, I assume, is the sugar content, so I would say A?
You need to look three more things up to be able to answer this question:

1) The normal boiling point of (pure) phenol
2) The ebullioscopic constant for phenol. This is a number corresponding to the amount by which the boiling point of phenol is lowered, per mole of dissolved substance.
3) Density of phenol, to calculate the volume of 200 g phenolic solution. Unless you're told/know otherwise, just assume that the solution does not have a volume very different from pure phenol.

Say, BP = normal boiling point and K= ebullioscopic constant, then

(183 - BP) = K* concentration(in moles)

From this, you can compute the molar concentration of glucovanillin. Call it "M".

Convert 200g of phenol to V liters phenol (divide weight by density, keep an eye on the units). Then compute a w/v (weight per volume) concentation, C:

C = 20 g/ V liters.

Now if you divide C by M, you'll have a number with the units "grams per mole", which is what you're after.

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