[dannysmith]

Hi I've been trying to balance this equation for 25 minutes.  Can someone please help me?

CH₃O₂+NaHCO > H₂0 + Na₂O+C₅H₇O₆

[macman104]

That's because it's a bad formula.

NaHCO does not exist.  Can you please make sure that you have copied everything correctly?  An equation balancer I use (when I change NaHCO to NaHCO₃, since I'm pretty sure that's what you meant):

5 CH3O2 + 4.758098676965E-16 NaHCO3 = 4 H2O + 2.2204460492503E-16 Na2O + C5H7O6
Warning: some compounds do not play role in the reaction and have 0 coeficients

And with NaHCO just because:

5 CH3O2 + -1.3322676295502E-15 NaHCO = 4 H2O + -6.6613381477509E-16 Na2O + C5H7O6
Warning: some compounds do not play role in the reaction and have 0 coeficients

[AWK]

Hi I've been trying to balance this equation for 25 minutes.  Can someone please help me?

CH₃O₂+NaHCO > H₂0 + Na₂O+C₅H₇O₆

Moreover Na₂O cannot exist in the presence of H₂O

[cliverlong]

Hi I've been trying to balance this equation for 25 minutes.  Can someone please help me?

CH₃O₂+NaHCO > H₂0 + Na₂O+C₅H₇O₆

As in macman's post.

What is CH₃O₂. I don't recognise it.


Clive

[AWK]

What is CH3O2. I don't recognise it.

This is rather a wrong formula, but from a formal point of view this may be an empirical formula of at least two unstable compounds: glyoxal dihydrate (HO)₂CHCH(OH)₂ and hydroxyorthoacetic acid HOCH₂C(OH)₃

[Borek]

4.758098676965E-16 NaHCO3

Crap