Answer: The molecular formula for the specified organic compound is 
Explanation:
The combustion reaction of a hydrocarbon comprising carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen follows:

where 'x', 'y', and 'z' denote the subscripts of Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen respectively.
The information provided includes:
Mass of 
Mass of 
From our knowledge:
Molar mass of carbon dioxide is 44 g/mol
Molar mass of water is 18 g/mol
For determining the amount of carbon:
In carbon dioxide weighing 44 g, 12 g of carbon is found.
Hence, in 39.61 g of carbon dioxide,
grams of carbon will be found.
For finding the mass of hydrogen:
In water weighing 18 g, 2 g of hydrogen can be found.
Thus, in 9.01 g of water,
grams of hydrogen will be present.
Mass of oxygen in the compound is given by (13.42) - (10.80 + 1.00) = 1.62 g
To derive the empirical formula, the following steps must be followed:
- Step 1: Convert the indicated masses into moles.
Moles of Carbon = 
Moles of Hydrogen = 
Moles of Oxygen = 
- Step 2: Calculating the ratio of moles of the respective elements.
To find the mole ratio, each mole value is divided by the smallest amount of moles calculated, which is 0.10 moles.
For Carbon = 
For Hydrogen = 
For Oxygen = 
- Step 3:Using the mole ratios as subscripts.
The ratio of C: H: O = 9: 10: 1
Therefore, the empirical formula for the mentioned compound is 
To ascertain the molecular formula, it is necessary to find the valency, which is multiplied by each element to derive the molecular formula.
The equation to determine the valency is:

Given the data:
Molecular formula mass = 268.34 g/mol
Empirical formula mass = 134 g/mol
Substituting the values into the aforementioned equation yields:

By multiplying this valency with each element's subscripts from the empirical formula, the results are:

Consequently, the molecular formula for the given organic compound is
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