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1. The document provides the answers to multiple choice and structured questions about molecular shapes, polarity, intermolecular forces, and phase changes. 2. Questions covered topics such as the shapes of common molecules like CH2Cl2, PF3, and BF3 as well as intermolecular forces like hydrogen bonding between molecules of methanol, water, and alcohols. 3. Explanations were provided for factors that determine boiling points like hydrogen bonding and van der Waals forces, and how these intermolecular forces affect the evaporation rates and boiling points of molecules like pentane and butan-1-ol.

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Answers: Part VI Test Section A Multiple-Choice Questions

1. The document provides the answers to multiple choice and structured questions about molecular shapes, polarity, intermolecular forces, and phase changes. 2. Questions covered topics such as the shapes of common molecules like CH2Cl2, PF3, and BF3 as well as intermolecular forces like hydrogen bonding between molecules of methanol, water, and alcohols. 3. Explanations were provided for factors that determine boiling points like hydrogen bonding and van der Waals forces, and how these intermolecular forces affect the evaporation rates and boiling points of molecules like pentane and butan-1-ol.

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Part VI Test

Section A Multiple-choice questions


1. C
Molecule Shape
CH2Cl2 Tetrahedral
PCl3 Trigonal pyramidal
BF3 Trigonal planar
S8 Crown

2. C
PF3 and NBr3 are both trigonal pyramidal in shape.

3. D
The electron diagrams of N2H4, HCN and H2O2 are shown below respectively:

, ,
All of them obey octet rule.

4. C
Down a group, the electronegativities of elements decrease.

5. D
The C=S bond in CS2, B−F bond in BF3 and P−Cl bond in PCl5 are all polar as they are
covalent bonds between atoms of different electronegativities.

6. B
In the list of molecules, Cl2, BeCl2, PCl5, and CCl4 are non-polar molecules.

7. C
Option (A): H2O has a higher boiling point than H2S due to the presence of hydrogen bonds
between H2O molecules.
Option (B): For alcohols possessing different numbers of hydroxyl groups, the boiling point
increases as the number of hydroxyl groups per molecule and hence the number
of hydrogen bonds increases.
Option (C): As the strength of van der Waals’ forces increases with molecular size, the
boiling points of halogens increase down the group.
Option (D): As the strength of van der Waals’ forces increases with molecular size, the order
of boiling points of the four compounds is C4H10 > C3H8 > C2H6 > CH4.

8. A
The hydrogen atom in methanol is attached to oxygen (a highly electronegative atom).
Therefore, hydrogen bonding exists between methanol molecules.

9. B
The flammability of ethanol is not the effect of hydrogen bonding between its molecules.

10. B
As there is no hydrogen atom in the molecule, no hydrogen bonding exists between OCl2
molecules. The type of intermolecular forces between the molecules is van der Waals’ forces.

11. C
The oxygen atoms in ice are arranged in a hexagonal shape. The water molecules in ice are
held together by hydrogen bonds and van der Waals’ forces.

12. D
The polarities of the C−F bonds in Y can cancel out each other. Y is a non-polar molecule.

Section B Structured questions


1. (a) Any ONE:

/ /
(Accept other reasonable answers) 1
(b)

1
(c)
(Accept other reasonable answers) 1

2. (a)

propanone propanone

positively negatively
charged rod charged rod

1
(b) Propanone molecules are polar. 1
When a negatively charged rod is placed near the jet of liquid, the positive ends of
the propanone molecules are attracted to the rod. This electrostatic attraction
causes a deflection of the liquid towards the rod. 1
(c) As tetrachloromethane is non-polar, 1
no deflection would be observed. 1

3. (a) Evaporation is a process that takes in heat. It can cause a temperature decrease in
the surroundings. 1
Other factors being equal, the higher the rate at which molecules leave the liquid
surface, the more extreme the temperature in the surroundings drops. 1
As the temperature change for pentane is greater than that for butan-1-ol, it can be
deduced that pentane evaporates faster than butan-1-ol. 1
(b) Only weak van der Waals’ forces exist between pentane molecules while there are
hydrogen bonds and van der Waals’ forces between butan-1-ol molecules. 1
Thus pentane molecules can break away from the rest of the liquid more easily. 1

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