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Chemistry: Post your doubts here!

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6. Use pV=nRT.
8. Volume is proportional to temperature at constant pressure. You can tell from pV=nRT.
27. Unreactive towards mild oxidising agents = tertiary alcohol. We can get only D from a tertiary alcohol.
29. B and C are not acidic; A is not chiral. That leaves D.
30. The acid used to make this ester is hexanoic acid. Only C shows a hexanoate.
38. Step 1 will give us the product so we won't need steps 2 and 3.

21. Any C=C bond breaks and is replaced with a C=O bond.
29. Draw propanone first, then break the double bond and add an H to the O and a -CN bond. The remove the CN and put CO2H in its place.
30. (30+30)-18(water).
39. Compounds 1 and 2 are formed by the reaction of C3H7 radicals. Compound 3 is formed by the reaction of a C4H9 radical with a C2H5 radical. These last can't be made if only propanone is used.
I'm sorry, but I still don't understand q.6, q.29 why is c not acidic(there is co2h bonded to it).
 
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I think the answer is B , am I right?
Okay , in A ethanol with sulphuric acid is a hydrolysis reaction , so ethanol loses a water molecule and nothing happens to sulfuric because I think it acts as a catalyst , thus nothing gains or losses oxygen. In C it's also an example of the hydrolysis of an ester , therefore the ester splits into it's acid and alcohol and again nothing gains or loses anything , the hydroxyl group returns to the alcohol from the water and the carboxylic acid gains it's hydrogen back . in D there is no reaction because a ketone doesn't react with fehlings or tollents reagent. However in B tollents reagent is made of silver nitrate dissolved in ammonia right? , so the silver ions will oxidise the aldehyde into a carboxylic acid(oxidation) while they themselves are reduced to silver atoms after gain electrons(reduction) that's why a silver mirror appears on the inside of the tube . I hope I made sense :)
 
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Q3-- they did not ask to see the data booklet but it will be a lot easier if u just go through it , A is not correct bcoz it is Mg and its second ionisation energy is not high thn sodium and aluminium, C is not correct because its is silicon and its 2nd ionisation energy is not higher thn Al and P, its not D bcoz its S and evn its 2nd ionisation energy is not higher thn either of their neighbours, so its B
 
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5 b .. whenever a state change occurs from liquid to gas.. the bonds are broken.. and hydrogen bonding is only present where H is joined with N, O or F.

6 A .. because of Hydrogen Bonding.. The IMF are high.. while to consider a gas to be an ideal gas the inter molecular forces need to be zero.

11 A .. because the Acid will react with OH- to decrease the concentration of OH- ions which will shift equilibrium to right hand side and more product forms...

33 D .. 2 Is wrong because Triple bond is in products and non-reversible reaction so that won't affect how the reactants react.. and N=N bond is present in N2H4 not triple bond.

40 B 1 is correct.. 2 is correct as 2 OH groups are present (OH) and -OH in COOH .. H bonded with O is hydrogen bonding, 3 is wrong since it will form a ketone from secondary alcohol.


I'd suggest that you revise the chapter on bonding from the book or ask your teacher to give you revision on the topic.. since your concepts on Hydrogen bonding seem to be a little weak :)

THAAAANKKK YOOOUUU :D I appreciate that and thanks for your advice ;)
 
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Q3-- they did not ask to see the data booklet but it will be a lot easier if u just go through it , A is not correct bcoz it is Mg and its second ionisation energy is not high thn sodium and aluminium, C is not correct because its is silicon and its 2nd ionisation energy is not higher thn Al and P, its not D bcoz its S and evn its 2nd ionisation energy is not higher thn either of their neighbours, so its B
then why didn't they tell us to refer to the data booklet? the answer B is phosphorous? But how it's p orbital has 1 electron so it lost two electrons but they're asking for the electron configuration of it's second ionisation energy?
 
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more doubts plz :$
http://papers.xtremepapers.com/CIE/Cambridge International A and AS Level/Chemistry (9701)/9701_w06_qp_1.pdf
Q5 for the pi bond isnt it overlapping of two p orbitals, Q11 how to do such ques, Q21, Q39 what are the H2SO4 reactions ??
http://papers.xtremepapers.com/CIE/Cambridge International A and AS Level/Chemistry (9701)/9701_w07_qp_1.pdf
Q9, Q19, Q28
thanks in advance :D

question 9 , I don't know:eek: any one help??.. question 19 it's A right? draw the displayed formula of the compounds and try to make a chiral center from the elements given to you, if you can't then it won't form an optical isomer , like in iv there's also a double bond and the only carbon with a single bond must have either two hydrogen's or two bromine get ?..in 28 it's C right? if you draw the displayed formula of the compound u will see that the double bond is still there , that's because nabh4 will only reduce the aldehyde group to it's primary alcohol , the other options are insensible because for example in A addition of hydrogen in that method will not reduce the aldehyde , it will only make the double bond single. hope you understood:)
 
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