Write the molecular formula for acetaldehyde? enter the elements in the order cho.

The chemical formula which shows the number of atoms for every element present in the molecule is said to be molecular formula.

Acetaldehyde is an organic compound having functional group. It is also called as ethanal.

Now, ethanal consist of one carbon atom which is linked with  three hydrogen atoms and it is linked with one functional group i.e. aldehyde.

Thus, molecular formula of acetaldehyde is .

explanation:

metals have excess of electrons whereas non-metals have deficiency of electrons. thus, in order to gain stability metals easily donate their electrons to the non-metals.

for example, electronic configuration of sodium is and electronic configuration of phosphorous is .

when a phosphorous atom and sodium atom combine together then sodium will donate is extra one electron to the phosphorous atom. as a result there will be formation of ionic bond between sodium and phosphorous.

the reaction will be as follows.

there, are three sodium sodium atoms and each of them will donate its one extra electron to phosphorous atom. thus, the sub-shell of phosphorous gets completely filled.  

thus, we can conclude that electrons are transferred from atoms of sodium to atoms of phosphorous. this transfer makes the sodium atoms donate one electron and the phosphorous atoms to gain one electron. as a result, the sodium and phosphorus atoms strongly attract each other.