Chemistry unit 4 paper June 2012

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  1. Babinimeister's Avatar
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    Re: Chemistry unit 4 paper June 2012
    How did you do it? It was a 6 mark question.
  2. leah2323's Avatar
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    Re: Chemistry unit 4 paper June 2012
    (Original post by Babinimeister)
    How did you do it? It was a 6 mark question.
    Well i wrote out an equation like
    HX + NaOH goes to XNa + H20

    then worked out the moles of HX to be 0.00261
    moles of NaOH to be 0.00125
    then did 0.00261-0.00125 which gave 0.00136
    then used the equation H+ = Ka multiplied by Acid over Salt
    which gave me a H+ concentration of 0.000032748 then - logged that and got 4.4848...
  3. Babinimeister's Avatar
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    Re: Chemistry unit 4 paper June 2012
    (Original post by leah2323)
    Well i wrote out an equation like
    HX + NaOH goes to XNa + H20

    then worked out the moles of HX to be 0.00261
    moles of NaOH to be 0.00125
    then did 0.00261-0.00125 which gave 0.00136
    then used the equation H+ = Ka multiplied by Acid over Salt
    which gave me a H+ concentration of 0.000032748 then - logged that and got 4.4848...
    Thankyou so much for your help, but I'm not fully understanding why you would take away the two values for the number of moles.
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    (Original post by leah2323)
    Well i wrote out an equation like
    HX + NaOH goes to XNa + H20

    then worked out the moles of HX to be 0.00261
    moles of NaOH to be 0.00125
    then did 0.00261-0.00125 which gave 0.00136
    then used the equation H+ = Ka multiplied by Acid over Salt
    which gave me a H+ concentration of 0.000032748 then - logged that and got 4.4848...
    I did exactly the same and wrote
    Ph= 4.4848
    Therefore ph=4.49

    I rounded up to 4.485 then 4.49 do you think this will matter or will they have a small range you can fit into?


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  5. Babinimeister's Avatar
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    Re: Chemistry unit 4 paper June 2012
    (Original post by Abbieastoria)
    I did exactly the same and wrote
    Ph= 4.4848
    Therefore ph=4.49

    I rounded up to 4.485 then 4.49 do you think this will matter or will they have a small range you can fit into?


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    They should allow for this range if the rounding is correct, which it was, so yeah.
  6. leah2323's Avatar
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    Re: Chemistry unit 4 paper June 2012
    (Original post by Babinimeister)
    Thankyou so much for your help, but I'm not fully understanding why you would take away the two values for the number of moles.
    If you look at the equation initially there was 0.00261 moles of acid
    they then react with the NaOH which is 0.00125 since the acid mole number is higher which is assumed as it is an acidic buffer all the NaOH is used up meaning 0.00125 moles of salt is created and therefore 0.00125 moles of NaOH reacted with 0.00261 HX to produce this salt therefore the amount of HX left after reaction is initial moles of HX 0.00261 take away the moles of NaOH that have reacted 0.00125

    im not too good at explaining but there ye go ahah
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    Re: Chemistry unit 4 paper June 2012
    (Original post by Abbieastoria)
    I did exactly the same and wrote
    Ph= 4.4848
    Therefore ph=4.49

    I rounded up to 4.485 then 4.49 do you think this will matter or will they have a small range you can fit into?


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    oh god i dont know i hate it when they get all technical with that
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    Re: Chemistry unit 4 paper June 2012
    (Original post by leah2323)
    If you look at the equation initially there was 0.00261 moles of acid
    they then react with the NaOH which is 0.00125 since the acid mole number is higher which is assumed as it is an acidic buffer all the NaOH is used up meaning 0.00125 moles of salt is created and therefore 0.00125 moles of NaOH reacted with 0.00261 HX to produce this salt therefore the amount of HX left after reaction is initial moles of HX 0.00261 take away the moles of NaOH that have reacted 0.00125

    im not too good at explaining but there ye go ahah
    Thank you. I've been waiting for 2 hours for a reply to this question, and don't worry, I understand now.

    Lost 6 marks either way.
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    Re: Chemistry unit 4 paper June 2012
    (Original post by Babinimeister)
    Thank you. I've been waiting for 2 hours for a reply to this question, and don't worry, I understand now.

    Lost 6 marks either way.
    Oh dear me happy to help anyway im sure you did fine on the rest i found myself losing stupid marks later on
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    Re: Chemistry unit 4 paper June 2012
    (Original post by zoeaw)
    I got BBAABA...
    Agreed


    (Original post by leah2323)
    I got 4.48 or something like that! D:

    Agreed
  11. leah2323's Avatar
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    Re: Chemistry unit 4 paper June 2012
    This will sound stupid but what was the first question.. like moles of hydrogen and iodine
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    (Original post by leah2323)
    This will sound stupid but what was the first question.. like moles of hydrogen and iodine
    Doesn't sound stupid at all those questions are there to trip people up!

    It was H2 + I2 >>> 2HI

    It said there was 1.2 hydrogen and 1.7 iodine initially and 2.06 HI at equilibrium

    So we divide 2.06 by two to get 1 mole that's 1.03 then take that away from each reactant so 0.17 h2 and 0.67 i2

    I think those were the right numbers not sure, but that is deffo the right process of how to work it out


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    Re: Chemistry unit 4 paper June 2012
    (Original post by leah2323)
    What did people get for the 6mark ph question..
    I got 4.48 from what I can tell that seems to be what most people got
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    Re: Chemistry unit 4 paper June 2012
    (Original post by Abbieastoria)
    Doesn't sound stupid at all those questions are there to trip people up!

    It was H2 + I2 >>> 2HI

    It said there was 1.2 hydrogen and 1.7 iodine initially and 2.06 HI at equilibrium

    So we divide 2.06 by two to get 1 mole that's 1.03 then take that away from each reactant so 0.17 h2 and 0.67 i2

    I think those were the right numbers not sure, but that is deffo the right process of how to work it out


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    I am an idiot ahahh thanks!
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    Re: Chemistry unit 4 paper June 2012
    (Original post by leah2323)
    i got 4.48 or something like that! D:
    i got this :d
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    Re: Chemistry unit 4 paper June 2012
    Unofficial mark scheme.

    1a)

    i)0.47,0.170
    ii)sraightforward.
    iii)equal amount of mols on both sides.
    iv)52.1

    b)

    i) D
    ii)B
    iii)A
    iv)C

    2) 4.5*10^-4
    4.5*10^-3
    4.33*10^-2

    b) rate = 4.44 mol^-2dm^6s^-1

    a) proton donor.

    b) i) ii) iii) BBAABA in that order.

    c) 37.8 cm^3

    d) i) 4.52
    ii) standard
    iii)2.64
    iv)4.48.

    4 a) mechanism as standard (methylpropanoate)
    b) i)1,5-pentanediol
    ii) simple enough.
    iii) base hydrolysis (base is usually ignored). acts as nucleophile blah blah

    c i) ethanoic acid
    ii)not sure.nucleophyllic addition-eleimination.
    iii) no HCl , not as vigourous etc....

    d) can't draw

    e) i ) ester
    ii) i count 10 but think i may be wrong. it is 12
    iii) look at formula sheet.

    f) i) 2nd one and last one( not sure again)
    ii) pink ------> colourless

    5) a)Nuclephyllic addition.
    B)2-Bromobutanenitrile
    c) NH3 , Excess , nucleophyllic substitiution.
    d i) zwitterion
    ii) stronger forces of attraction , Vdw in the other molecule etc....

    e) i) NH2CH2COOCH2CH3
    ii) COH(CH3)2CONH2
    iii) NH2CH2CH2CH2COOH
    iii) CH3CH2CH(N(CH3)2)COOH hard without drawing

    6 a) AlCl3 + CH3COCl -----------------> [AlCl4]- + CH3CO+
    AlCl4 - + H+ ---------------> AlCl3 + HCl
    Phenylethanone

    b) C6H5CO+
    c) Inductive effects?? I should really know this but oh well.

    7 a) propan-1-ol conc H2SO4 orange-----> green
    propanal , fehlings/tollens , brick red PPT, silver mirror
    propanoic acid , Na2CO3 , Effervesence(CO2)
    Chloropropane , dil HNO3 , NaOH , AgNO3, white PPT

    b) oxidation, state wavenumber of c=o,diffrent affinites/solubilities.

    8) 1,4 dinitrobenzene
    1,2 dinitrobenzene

    double bond with 4 methyl groups around it.
    cyclocompund (cyclohexane)

    c=o on benzene
    aldehyde on benzene.


    3 ethyl groups as bonded to N.
    c(CH3)3NHCH3

    Feel free to amend and add to this as some questions I dont know (only a couple). This is very rushed so likely to be mistakes.
    Last edited by Josh1993; 13-06-2012 at 18:35.
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    Re: Chemistry unit 4 paper June 2012
    (Original post by leah2323)
    Well i wrote out an equation like
    HX + NaOH goes to XNa + H20

    then worked out the moles of HX to be 0.00261
    moles of NaOH to be 0.00125
    then did 0.00261-0.00125 which gave 0.00136
    then used the equation H+ = Ka multiplied by Acid over Salt
    which gave me a H+ concentration of 0.000032748 then - logged that and got 4.4848...
    For Acid/salt... Which value did you use for the acid and how did you get it?
  18. lamalas600's Avatar
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    Re: Chemistry unit 4 paper June 2012
    Guys you can't change your exam paper
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    Re: Chemistry unit 4 paper June 2012
    (Original post by lamalas600)
    Guys you can't change your exam paper
    Well I can't speak for the others but if I've got something wrong I want to know how to get it right. Maybe I'm weird.
  20. lamalas600's Avatar
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    Re: Chemistry unit 4 paper June 2012
    (Original post by WrongSideUp)
    Well I can't speak for the others but if I've got something wrong I want to know how to get it right. Maybe I'm weird.
    You've done the exam now, so how will it help?
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