how can you work out enthalpy of combustion non-experimentally?

Subject: how can you work out enthalpy of combustion non-experimentally?

Date: Sun Aug 13 10:20:48 2000
Posted by laura
Grade level: 10-12 School: hereford cathedral school
City: No city entered. State/Province: No state entered. Country: UK
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 966176448.Ch

Message:


i'm trying to calculate the enthalpy of combustion of primary alcohols 
using bond enthalpies in 'energy change = reactant energy - product 
energy' and i can't get the right answer.  what could i be doing wrong, 
and is there any other way of doing it?  thanks in advance.

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