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CHEMISTRY 9701/22

Paper 2 AS Level Structured Questions October/November 2016

1 hour 15 minutes
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Answer all the questions in the spaces provided.

1 A 0.50g sample of a Group 2 metal, M, was added to 40.0cm3 of 1.00moldm3 hydrochloric acid
(an excess).

equation 1 M(s) + 2HCl(aq) MCl2(aq) + H2(g)

(a) Calculate the amount, in moles, of hydrochloric acid present in 40.0cm3 of 1.00moldm3 HCl.

amount = ............................. mol [1]

(b) When the reaction had finished, the resulting solution was made up to 100cm3 in a volumetric
flask.

A 10.0cm3 sample of the solution from the volumetric flask required 15.0cm3 of 0.050moldm3
sodium carbonate solution, Na2CO3, for complete neutralisation of the remaining
hydrochloricacid.

(i) Write the equation for the complete reaction of sodium carbonate with hydrochloric acid.

. ...................................................................................................................................... [1]

(ii) Calculate the amount, in moles, of sodium carbonate needed to react with the
hydrochloricacid in the 10.0cm3 sample from the volumetric flask.

amount = ............................. mol [1]

(iii) Calculate the amount, in moles, of hydrochloric acid in the 10.0cm3 sample.

amount = ............................. mol [1]

(iv) Calculate the total amount, in moles, of hydrochloric acid remaining after the reaction
shown in equation 1.

amount = ............................. mol [1]

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(v) Use your answers to (a) and (b)(iv) to calculate the amount, in moles, of hydrochloricacid
that reacted with the 0.50g sample of M.

amount = ............................. mol [1]

(vi) Use your answer to (v) and equation 1 to calculate the amount, in moles, of M in the 0.50g
sample.

amount = ............................. mol [1]

(vii) Calculate the relative atomic mass, Ar, of M and identify M.

Ar of M = .............................

identity of M = .............................
[2]

[Total: 9]

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2 Dinitrogen tetraoxide, N2O4, and nitrogen dioxide, NO2, exist in dynamic equilibrium with each other.

N2O4(g) 2NO2(g) H = +54kJmol1

The energy profile for this reaction is shown.

energy 2NO2(g)

N2O4(g)

reaction pathway

(a) Add labelled arrows to the energy profile to indicate

the enthalpy change of the reaction, H,

the activation energy of the forward reaction, Ea.

[2]

(b) 0.0500mol of N2O4 was placed in a sealed vessel of volume 1.00dm3, at a temperature of 50C
and a pressure of 1.68 105Pa. The mass of the resulting equilibrium mixture was 4.606g.

(i) Calculate the average molecular mass, Mr, of the resulting equilibrium mixture. Give your
answer to three significant figures.

Mr = ............................. [2]

(ii) The number of moles of N2O4 that dissociated can be represented by n.

State, in terms of n, the amount, in moles, of NO2 in the equilibrium mixture.

moles of NO2 = ............................. [1]

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The number of moles of N2O4 remaining at equilibrium is (0.05 n).

(iii) State, in terms of n, the total amount, in moles, of gas in the equilibrium mixture.

[1]

(iv) State, in terms of n, the mole fraction of NO2 in the equilibrium mixture.

[1]

In this equilibrium mixture, the mole fraction of NO2 is 0.400.

(v) Use your answers to (ii) and (iv) to calculate the amount in moles of each gas in the
equilibrium mixture. Give your answers to three significant figures.

amount of N2O4 = ............................. mol

amount of NO2 = ............................. mol

[2]

(vi) Write the expression for the equilibrium constant, Kp, for this equilibrium.

Kp =

[1]

(vii) Use the total pressure of the mixture, 1.68105Pa, to calculate the value of the equilibrium
constant, Kp, and give its units.

Kp = .............................

units = .............................
[3]

[Total: 13]

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3 The Periodic Table is arranged such that the properties of the elements show a number of trends.

(a) A plot of the first ionisation energies for the first 18 elements is shown.

2500

2000

ionisation 1500
energy
/ kJ mol1 1000

500

0
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
atomic number

(i) Explain why the values show a general increase from atomic number 11 to 18.

. ............................................................................................................................................

. ............................................................................................................................................

. ...................................................................................................................................... [2]

(ii) Explain the decreases in first ionisation energies between

atomic numbers 12 and 13,

. ............................................................................................................................................

. ............................................................................................................................................

. ............................................................................................................................................

atomic numbers 15 and 16.

. ............................................................................................................................................

. ............................................................................................................................................

. ............................................................................................................................................
[4]

(iii) Suggest an explanation for the trend in the first ionisation energies of the elements with
atomic numbers 2, 10 and 18.

. ............................................................................................................................................

. ............................................................................................................................................

. ...................................................................................................................................... [2]

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(b) A plot of the melting points of the elements across the third period is shown.

1800

1600

1400

1200

melting 1000
point / K
800

600

400

200

0
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
atomic number

(i) Explain the increase in melting point from atomic number 11 to 12.

. ............................................................................................................................................

. ............................................................................................................................................

. ...................................................................................................................................... [2]

(ii) Suggest a reason why the increase from atomic number 12 to 13 is much smaller than the
increase from atomic number 11 to 12.

. ............................................................................................................................................

. ...................................................................................................................................... [1]

(iii) State and explain the pattern of the melting points from atomic number 15 to 18.

. ............................................................................................................................................

. ............................................................................................................................................

. ............................................................................................................................................

. ...................................................................................................................................... [3]

(iv) Explain why the element with atomic number 14 has a melting point so much higher than
the rest of the elements in the third period.

. ............................................................................................................................................

. ...................................................................................................................................... [1]

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4 In each section of this question the structural formula of an organic compound is shown. For each
compound answer the questions about it.

(a) CH3CH2CHBrCH3

(i) Name this compound.

. ...................................................................................................................................... [1]

(ii) This compound shows stereoisomerism.

Draw the two stereoisomers in the conventional way.

[2]

(iii) Give the structures of three other structural isomers of C4H9Br.

[3]

(b) (C2H5)3CBr

(i) Name this compound.

. ...................................................................................................................................... [1]

(ii) (C2H5)3CBr reacts with aqueous OH.

Complete the mechanism for this reaction including all necessary curly arrows, charges,
partial charges and lone pairs.

CH3CH2

CH3CH2C Br

CH3CH2
[3]

(iii) What type of mechanism occurs in (ii)?

. ...................................................................................................................................... [1]

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(c) CH3CH2CH2CHBrCH3

(i) Give the reagents and conditions necessary for the conversion of this compound into a
mixture of alkenes.

. ............................................................................................................................................

. ...................................................................................................................................... [2]

(ii) Give the name of the mechanism for the conversion in (i).

. ...................................................................................................................................... [1]

(iii) Draw the skeletal formulae of the three alkenes produced by the conversion in (i).

[3]

[Total: 17]

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5 In each section of this question choose the answer or answers from the options listed.

(a) Six particles are listed.

H H+ Cl Cl CH3 +
CH3

(i) Identify two particles produced during the reaction of methane and chlorine in the presence
of UVlight.

. ...................................................................................................................................... [1]

(ii) Identify the two particles produced by the heterolytic fission of a bond in chloromethane.

. ...................................................................................................................................... [1]

(b) Seven reaction types are listed.

addition substitution oxidation elimination

hydrolysis condensation reduction

(i) Name the type of reaction involved when Tollens reagent is used to identify an aldehyde.

. ...................................................................................................................................... [1]

(ii) Name the type of reaction involved in the test for a carbonyl group using 2,4-DNPH.

. ...................................................................................................................................... [1]

(iii) Name the type of reaction involved in the reaction of a ketone with NaBH4.

. ...................................................................................................................................... [1]

(iv) Name the type of reaction involved in the reaction of an aldehyde with HCN.

. ...................................................................................................................................... [1]

[Total: 6]

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