Answer
The maximum mass of carbon dioxide=$0.7216g$
Work Step by Step
The compound contains 2 carbon atoms that form a bond with 5 hydrogen atoms and a hydroxyl group(OH). So, this is ethanol $C_2H_5OH$
The number of moles can be calculated using the formula:
Number of moles$=\frac{mass}{molecularmass}$
The number of moles of ethanol=$\frac{0.377}{46}=\approx0.0082mol$
In combustion reaction ethanol react with oxygen to form carbon dioxide and water by balanced chemical reaction:
$2C_2H_5OH+6O_2\rightarrow 4CO_2+6H_2O$
According to the balanced chemical reaction, 2 moles of ethanol produced 4 moles of carbon dioxide. So, 0.0082mol of ethanol will produce:
$0.0082mol-ethanol\times\frac{4mol-carbondioxde}{2mol-ethanol}=0.0164mol-carbon dioxide$
Finally, we can calculate the mass of carbon dioxide using the formula:
mass of carbon dioxide=$molar mass\times number of moles=44\times 0.0164=0.7216g$
