In a similar experiment, unlabeled 4-butanolide was allowed to stand in an acidic solution in which the water had been labeled with 180. when the lactone was extracted from the solution after four days, it was found to contain 180. which oxygen of the lactone do you think became isotopically labeled?

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the ideal gas law equation is as follows

pv = nrt

where p - pressure

v - volume

n - number of moles

r - universal gas constant

t - temperature

so if the pressure, volume and temperature are already known

we are left with n and r

since r is the universal gas constant that has a known fixed value then r too is known

so we are left with 'n'

once we know temperature volume and pressure

we can find the number of moles of gas present using the ideal gas law equation

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