Centre Number

Candidate Number
ADVANCED SUBSIDIARY (AS)
General Certificate of Education
2016

Chemistry
Assessment Unit AS 2
assessing
Module 2: Organic, Physical
*AC122*
and Inorganic Chemistry
[AC122] *AC122*

WEDNESDAY 22 JUNE, MORNING

TIME
1 hour 30 minutes.

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Write your Centre Number and Candidate Number in the spaces provided at the top of this
page.
Answer all fifteen questions.
Answer all ten questions in Section A. Record your answers by marking the appropriate
letter on the answer sheet provided. Use only the spaces numbered 1 to 10. Keep in
sequence when answering.
Answer all five questions in Section B. You must answer the questions in the spaces
provided.
Do not write outside the boxed area on each page or on blank pages.
Complete in blue or black ink only. Do not write with a gel pen.

INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES

The total mark for this paper is 100.
Quality of written communication will be assessed in Question 15(c).
In Section A all questions carry equal marks, i.e. two marks for each question.
In Section B the figures in brackets printed down the right-hand side of pages indicate the
marks awarded to each question or part question.
A Periodic Table of the Elements, containing some data, is included in this question paper.
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 Section A

For each of the following questions only one of the lettered responses (A–D) is correct.

Select the correct response in each case and mark its code letter by connecting
the dots as illustrated on the answer sheet.

1 Industrially, ammonia is converted to nitric acid according to the following equation:

NH3 + 2O2 → HNO3 + H2O

Which one of the following is the atom economy for the production of nitric acid?

A 20.1%

B 22.2%

C 77.8%

D 79.0%

2 The boiling points of the halogenoethanes are shown below.

halogenoethane boiling point/°C

fluoroethane −37
chloroethane 16
bromoethane 39
iodoethane 73

The change in boiling point is due to an increase in

A hydrogen bonding.

B hydrogen bonding and van der Waals’ forces.

C polarity of the carbon halogen bond.

D van der Waals’ forces.

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 3 Which one of the following molecules does not have E–Z isomers?

A CH3CH2CHCH2

B CH3CHCHCH3

C CH3CClCHCH3

D CH3CClCClCH3

4 Which one of the following correctly describes the properties of barium hydroxide
compared to calcium hydroxide?

thermal stability solubility in water pH of solution

A higher higher higher
B higher lower lower
C lower higher higher
D lower lower lower

5 42 g of sodium hydrogencarbonate were heated to constant mass producing

0.5 mole of gas. Which one of the following is the equation for this decomposition?

A 2NaHCO3(s) → Na2CO3(s) + H2O(l) + CO2(g)

B 2NaHCO3(s) → Na2CO3(s) + H2O(g) + CO2(g)

C 2NaHCO3(s) → NaOH(s) + NaO(s) + CO2(g)

D 2NaHCO3(s) → Na2O(s) + H2O(g) + 2CO2(g)

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 6 The thermal cracking of alkanes

A involves decomposition.

B is an exothermic process.

C produces only small alkanes.

D requires hydrogen.

7 The diagram below shows the Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution of molecular energies

for a gas.

Z Y

Which one of the following is the correct labelling for the diagram?

X Y Z
A activation energy kinetic energy number of molecules
B kinetic energy number of molecules activation energy
C number of molecules activation energy kinetic energy
D number of molecules kinetic energy activation energy

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 8 Which one of the following will not react with ethanol to form 1-chloroethane?

A Cl2 in sunlight at 100°C

B NaCl and concentrated sulfuric acid

C PCl5

D SOCl2 at room temperature

9 A white crystalline solid produced a crimson colour in a flame test. A solution of the
solid formed a white precipitate with silver nitrate solution. Which one of the following
is the white solid?

A Calcium bromide

B Calcium chloride

C Lithium bromide

D Lithium chloride

10 Aspirin can be produced from salicylic acid according to the following equation:

HOC6H4COOH + CH3COOH → CH3COOC6H4COOH + H2O

salicylic acid aspirin

Which one of the following is the mass of salicylic acid needed to produce 8.4 g of
aspirin assuming a 40% yield?

A 2.8 g

B 7.0 g

C 6.4 g

D 16.1 g

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 Section B

Answer all five questions in the spaces provided

11 Methane reacts with steam at 200 °C in a closed container to produce the following
equilibrium:

CH4(g) + H2O(g) ? CO(g) + 3H2(g) ΔH = +210 kJ mol−1

Suggest and explain how each of the following changes affects the position of the
equilibrium and the rate of the reaction.

(a) The temperature is reduced to 120 °C.

The position of the equilibrium.

[1]

The rate of the reaction.

[1]

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 (b) The volume of the container is doubled.

The position of the equilibrium.

[1]

The rate of the reaction.

[1]

(c) The addition of a catalyst.

The position of the equilibrium.

[1]

The rate of the reaction.

[1]

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 12 Hess’s Law can be used to calculate enthalpy changes that cannot be measured by
experiment.

(a) State Hess’s Law.

[2]

(b) Carbon dioxide and hydrogen can react to form methane according to the
following equation:

CO2(g) + 4H2(g) → CH4(g) + 2H2O(l)

Standard enthalpies of formation are given in the table below.

standard enthalpy of formation/kJ mol−1

carbon dioxide −393.5

methane −74.8

water −241.8

(i) What is meant by the term standard enthalpy of formation?

[2]

(ii) Explain why no value is given for the standard enthalpy of formation of
hydrogen.

[1]
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 (iii) Calculate the enthalpy change for the reaction between carbon dioxide and
hydrogen.

[3]

(c) The average bond enthalpy of each of the bonds involved in the reaction are
shown in the table below.

average bond enthalpy

bond
/kJ mol−1

C O 803
H H 436
C H 413
O H 463

(i) Calculate the enthalpy change for the reaction between carbon dioxide and
hydrogen using the average bond enthalpies.

[3]

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 (ii) What is meant by the term average bond enthalpy?

[2]

(iii) Compare the enthalpy change obtained using average bond enthalpies to
that using Hess’s Law and explain the difference.

[1]

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 13 In nature, magnesium occurs as magnesite, MgCO3, and barium as witherite,
BaCO3.

(a) Explain why magnesium and barium are regarded as s-block elements.

[1]

(b) Explain the difference in thermal stability between magnesite and witherite.

[3]

(c) Barium can be extracted from witherite. The witherite is heated to form barium
oxide which is then reacted with aluminium forming barium and barium
aluminate, Ba(AlO2)2.

(i) Write the equation for the decomposition of witherite.

[1]

(ii) Write the equation for the reaction of barium oxide with aluminium.

[1]

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 (d) Magnesium can be extracted by electrolysis of magnesium chloride. The
magnesium ions form magnesium atoms at the cathode. The chloride ions form
chlorine molecules at the anode.

(i) Write the equation for the reaction at the cathode.

[1]

(ii) Write the equation for the reaction at the anode.

[1]

(iii) Describe a chemical test for chlorine.

[2]

(e) Magnesium is also found as hydrated magnesium sulfate in Epsom salts.

Explain how Epsom salts could be used to distinguish between sodium
carbonate and sodium hydrogencarbonate solutions.

[2]

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 (f) The first ionisation energy of barium is 500 kJ mol−1 and that of magnesium is
740 kJ mol−1.

(i) Write an equation, including state symbols, for the first ionisation energy of
barium.

[2]

(ii) The second ionisation energy of barium is 1000 kJ mol−1.

Explain why the second ionisation energy is greater than the first ionisation
energy.

[2]

(iii) Explain why the first ionisation energy of barium is less than the first
ionisation energy of magnesium.

[2]

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 14 1,2-dichloroethane can be made either by the chlorination of ethane or the addition
of chlorine to ethene.

(a) The photochlorination of ethane is carried out using electromagnetic radiation

and produces 1,2-dichloroethane together with other chlorinated products.

(i) What type of electromagnetic radiation is used?

[1]

(ii) What is the name of the mechanism for photochlorination?

[1]

(iii) Draw and name the structure of the other dichloroethane.

[2]

(iv) Suggest why photochlorination is not used to produce 1,2-dichloroethane

commercially.

[2]

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 (b) 1,2-dichloroethane is manufactured in high yield by the addition of chlorine to
ethene in the presence of iron(III) chloride.

CH2 CH2 + CI2 → CH2CICH2CI

(i) Suggest the purpose of the iron(III) chloride.

[1]

(ii) Suggest how you would obtain the 1,2-dichloroethane from the reaction
mixture.

[2]

(c) Vinyl chloride, CH2 CHCI, is used to manufacture PVC (polyvinyl chloride). It is
obtained from 1,2-dichloroethane.

(i) Vinyl chloride was discovered in 1835 by Justus von Liebig. He heated
1,2-dichloroethane with potassium hydroxide in ethanol. Write the equation
for the reaction.

[2]

(ii) Explain why it is important not to use an excess of potassium hydroxide

when heating it with 1,2-dichloroethane.

[1]

(iii) Today, vinyl chloride is manufactured by the thermal cracking of

1,2-dichloroethane. Explain what is meant by the term thermal cracking.

[1]

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 (d) Vinyl chloride reacts with hydrogen bromide in a similar way to ethene forming
two isomers.

(i) Draw the structures of the two isomers.

[2]

(ii) Name the two isomers.

[2]

(iii) Draw the two intermediates in the mechanisms for the formation of the two
isomers.

[2]

(e) Vinyl chloride may be polymerised to form PVC. Draw three repeating units of
PVC.

[2]

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 15 Butanol, C4H9OH, can be produced by the fermentation of sugars using the
bacterium Clostridium acetobutylicum. It is mixed with petrol and used as a fuel for
cars.

(a) Butanol produced by fermentation is described as a biofuel. Suggest what is

meant by the term biofuel.

[1]

(b) State the conditions required for fermentation.

[2]

(c) Butanol produces fewer harmful environmental emissions from cars than petrol.
Explain, without using equations, the role of catalytic converters in reducing the
harmful environmental emissions from petrol engines.

[4]

Quality of written communication [2]

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 (d) There are four alcohols which have the formula C4H9OH.

(i) Draw the structures for each of these alcohols and name them.

[4]

(ii) Some of these alcohols can be oxidised.

State the reagent necessary for the oxidation and name the organic
products formed in each complete oxidation.

Reagent:

Names of products:

[4]

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 (e) The enthalpy of combustion of a butanol is −2675 kJ mol−1.

(i) Write the equation for the complete combustion of butanol, C4H9OH.

[1]

(ii) Calculate the mass of butanol required to raise the temperature of 250 g of
water by 80°C, assuming complete combustion.
(The specific heat capacity of water is 4.2 J g−1 °C−1)

Energy required:

Moles of butanol required:

Mass of butanol:

[3]

THIS IS THE END OF THE QUESTION PAPER

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 Periodic Table of the Elements
For the use of candidates taking
Advanced Subsidiary and Advanced Level
Chemistry Examinations

Copies must be free from notes or additions of any

kind. No other type of data booklet or information
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chemistry
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 THE PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS
I II Group
III IV V VI VII 0
1 4
One mole of any gas at 20 °C and a pressure of 1 atmosphere (105 Pa)
occupies a volume of 24 dm3. 2
1
7 9 Planck Constant = 6.63 × 10–34 J s 11 12 14 16 19 20
Gas Constant = 8.31 J mol–1 K–1
Avogadro Constant = 6.02 × 1023 mol–1
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
23 24 27 28 31 32 35.5 40

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
39 40 45 48 51 52 55 56 59 59 64 65 70 73 75 79 80 84

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
85 88 89 91 93 96 99 101 103 106 108 112 115 119 122 128 127 131

37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54
133 137 139 178 181 184 186 190 192 195 197 201 204 207 209 210 210 222
*
55 56 57 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86
223 226 227
†

87 88 89
140 141 144 147 150 152 157 159 162 165 167 169 173 175
* 58–71 Lanthanum series
† 90–103 Actinium series
58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
a a = relative atomic mass 232 231 238 237 242 243 247 245 251 254 253 256 254 257
x (approx.)
b
x = atomic symbol
b = atomic number 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103