By Team Aakash Byju's

How To Find Empirical Formula From Molecular Formula?

The empirical formula and molecular formula of a compound are related by the equation:

An empirical formula for a compound is nothing but a formula of a substance written with the smallest integer subscript.

Whereas, the molecular formula represents the total number of individual atoms present in a compound.

For example, consider the molecular formula of glucose:

We can simplify this by reducing the subscripts. i.e., 

This is the empirical formula of glucose.