Zadanie 1a
Outline the meaning of the term “homologous series”, with reference to the carboxylic acids.
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Calculate the mass percentage of oxygen in ethanoic acid.
Ethanoic acid and propanone, CH3COCH3, both contain a carbonyl group and have similar molar masses. (i) Explain, in terms of the strongest intermolecular forces present in each liquid, why propanone boils at a much lower temperature than ethanoic acid.…
Ethanoic acid is a weak monobasic acid. The acid dissociation constant of ethanoic acid at 298 K is Ka = 1.74 × 10−5. (i) A student dissolved a sample of ethanoic acid in water and made the solution up to 2.00 dm3. Exactly 19.4…
Explain why there has been so much recent research into this process.
State the expression for Kc for this reaction.
Bond enthalpies give an estimate of the enthalpy change of a reaction. Assume that all species are gases. (i) Use bond enthalpies from section 12 of the data booklet to determine the standard enthalpy change, ΔH⊖, of the forward reaction. (ii)…
Calculate ΔS⊖ for the forward reaction, using the values given below together with section 13 of the data booklet.
The conversion of carbon dioxide to methanol is usually carried out over a catalyst containing copper and zinc oxide. (i) Sketch energy profiles for the forward reaction, with and without the catalyst, on the axes shown. Label ΔH and the two activation…
Determine the oxidation state of carbon in methanol, CH3OH.
State the name of the reagent that is heated with propanoic acid to form this ester.
A student heated 3.85 g of propanoic acid with an excess of the second reagent and isolated 3.12 g of the ester. Determine the percentage yield.
The conversion of propanoic acid into the ester can be followed by changes in spectra. (i) Compare the infrared (IR) spectra of propanoic acid and of the ester between 1500 and 3500 cm−1 by stating one feature they share and one feature in which…
State the class of organic compounds to which CH3CH2COOCH3 belongs.
(i) Calculate the enthalpy change for this reaction, using section 13 of the data booklet and the values given below. (ii) Outline why the entropy change of this reaction is expected to be small. (iii) Ignore the entropy change. Use your answer to (i) together…
Deduce the shapes of the CO2 and H2O molecules and explain why they differ.
Iron has a number of natural isotopes. A sample of iron was enriched in to produce a mixture with the following composition: (i) Calculate the relative atomic mass of the enriched sample, giving your answer to two decimal places. (ii) Natural…
Outline the electrostatic attraction that holds a crystal of aluminium together.
Aluminium is produced by the electrolysis of molten aluminium oxide (in industry dissolved in molten cryolite to lower the operating temperature). A simplified cell is shown in the diagram. (i) Outline why the molten mixture is classified as an electrolyte.…
Aluminium reacts with chlorine to form the chloride AlCl3. (i) Draw a Lewis (electron dot) structure for AlCl3. (ii) Outline in what respect this Lewis structure is unusual.
In the gas phase some aluminium chloride exists as the dimer Al2Cl6, the structure of which is shown below. (i) Identify the hybridization of the aluminium atom in the dimer, Al2Cl6. (ii) Describe, in terms of Lewis acid–base behaviour, the…
Like aluminium chloride, iron(III) chloride forms dimers in the vapour phase. Iron, however, is a transition element and aluminium is not. (i) Outline, in terms of its electronic structure, what identifies a transition element. (ii) The graph shows the first…
(i) Calculate the standard cell potential for the reaction 2 Al(s) + 6 H2O(l) → 2 Al3+(aq) + 6 OH−(aq) + 3 H2(g) Use section 19 of the data booklet. (ii) Deduce whether this reaction is spontaneous under standard conditions at 298 K, and give a reason.
Explain, in terms of nuclear charge, sub-levels and shielding, why magnesium has a higher first ionization energy than both sodium and aluminium.
Outline how data from the atomic emission spectrum of aluminium could be used to find its first ionization energy.
Butanone can be synthesised from but-1-ene in a two-stage process. In the first stage the alkene reacts with water in the presence of sulfuric acid to form the intermediate compound [X]; in the second stage [X] is converted into butanone by reagent B. (i) Draw…
Benzene is converted into nitrobenzene by heating it with a mixture of concentrated nitric and sulfuric acids. The attacking species is the electrophile NO2+. Explain the mechanism by which benzene is nitrated by NO2+, showing the movement of…
The rate constant of a reaction at 40 °C is 2.5 times its value at 30 °C. Deduce the activation energy of the reaction, in kJ mol−1. Use sections 1 and 2 of the data booklet.