An oxygen containing organic compound was found to contain 
carbon and 
of hydrogen. Its vapour density is 23 . The compound reacts with sodium metal to liberate hydrogen. A functional isomer of this compound is
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: Molecular mass 
vapour density Molecular mass 
Element | Percentage |
| At. | mass |
| Relative | number of | atoms |
| Simplest | ratio | |||||||
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mass | ||||||||||||||||||
Relative | ||||||||||||||||||
number of | ||||||||||||||||||
atoms | ||||||||||||||||||
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ratio | ||||||||||||||||||
12 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | ||||||||||||||||||
16 | 1 |
Empirical formula 
Empirical formula mass 
Molecular formula 
Alcohols liberate hydrogen on reaction with sodium metal. The functional isomer of ethanol is methoxy methane.
Ethanol | Methoxy methane |
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