Question

How many moles of aspartame are present in 1.00 mg of aspartame?

Answer 1

Answer:- There are
`3.40*10^-^6` moles.

Solution:- It is a unit conversion problem where we are asked to convert mg of aspartame to moles. Aspartame is
`C_1_4H_1_8N_2O_5` and it's molar mass is 294.31 grams per mole.

mg are converted to grams and then the grams are converted to moles as:

`1.00mg Aspartame((1g)/(1000mg))((1mole)/(294.31g))`

=
`3.40*10^-^6` moles of aspartame

So, there would be
`3.40*10^-^6` moles of aspartame in 1.00 mg of it.