This is the chemical formula for acetic acid (the chemical that gives the sharp taste to vinegar): an analytical chemist has determined by measurements that there are 3.2 moles of carbon in a sample of acetic acid. how many moles of oxygen are in the sample?

                    3.2 moles of Oxygen

                        Acetic Acid having chemical formula C₂H₄O₂ and structural formula attached below is the second member of carboxylic family in organic compounds. It is commonly used as vinegar i.e. a mixture containing 5 % Acetic acid and 95 % water.

As shown in structure 1 mole of Acetic acid contains 2 moles of Carbon atoms, 4 moles of Hydrogen atoms and 2 moles of Oxygen atoms respectively. Hence, the number of moles of Oxygen atoms contained by acetic acid containing 3.2 moles of Carbon is calculated as,

                      2 moles of C accompany  =  2 moles of O

So,

               3.2 moles of C will accompany  =  X moles of O

Solving for X,

                     X  =  (3.2 mol C × 2 mol O) ÷ 2 mol C

                      X =  3.2 mol of Oxygen

alkaline metals are lithium, sodium, rubidium, potassium, cesium and francium.

alkali metals have electronegativity from 0.7 to 1, lowest in periodic table of elements, which means that alkali metals (i group in periodic table) has positive oxidation number in compounds.

electronegativity is a chemical property that describes the tendency of an atom to attract a shared pair of electrons towards itself.

alkaline metals (far left in main group) have lowest ionizations energy and easy remove valence electrons,

for example, potassium is the alkali metal and has a single valence electron in the outer electron shell.

electron configuration of potassium is: ₁₉k 1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶4s¹.

they can not exist alone in nature, because they are very reactive.