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What is the likely formula for the following molecule?

#chemistry #molecule

The molecule is: C?H4F?

The answer was C2H4F2.

But, I don't understand how they got it. Can someone explain it to me. I really need an explanation tonight because I have an Organic Chem. test tomorrow and this is on it. I don't know why I don't know how to do it. Anyway, please help. Thank you.

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The best way to look at this is to look at the difference in an alkane or alkene.

If it were an alkene, we could get:

C2H2F2

If it were an alkyne we could only have:

C2F2 (this does not exist)

So the answer could only be the alkane:

C2H4F2 where a normal ethane is C2H6

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The answer was C2H4F2.

Likely candidates are:

H3C-CHF2

and F-CH2-CH2-F

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