The compound C9H8O4 is aspirin. This compound has a molar mass of 180.1574 g/mol. Aspirin is made up of the elements carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
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The problem with giving molecular formulas for organic compounds is that it could be lots of different things. Nothing with that particular molecular formula is leaping to mind as a most likely candidate.
The empirical formula of a compound gives the simplest whole-number ratio of atoms present. For C6H12O6, the empirical formula would be CH2O, obtained by dividing all subscripts by the greatest common factor of 6.
There are 20 atoms and there are 6 Carbon atoms, 8 Hydrogen atoms, 6 Oxygen atoms.
A sugar cube is a compound. It is made up of molecules of sucrose, which is a compound composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms.
It is a compound.