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CHEMISTRY
Paper 2 Organic and Physical Chemistry B
Tuesday 18 June 2024 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours
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Materials
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For Examiner’s Use
For this paper you must have:
• the Periodic Table/Data Booklet, provided as an insert (enclosed) Question Mark
• a ruler with millimetre measurements
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• a scientific calculator, which you are expected to use where appropriate.
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• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
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• Answer all questions.
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside 6
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• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to 10
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• The maximum mark for this paper is 105.
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0 1 Propanone reacts with bromine in alkaline conditions.
CH3COCH3 + Br2 + OH– ⟶ CH3COCH2Br + Br – + H2O
The rate equation for this reaction is
Rate = k [CH3COCH3] [OH–]
0 1 . 1 Sketch a graph on the axes provided to show how, at constant temperature, the
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concentration of bromine changes during this reaction.
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Table 1 shows the initial rate of this reaction for experiments using different mixtures
containing propanone, bromine and hydroxide ions.
Table 1
[CH3COCH3] [Br2] [OH–] Initial rate
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/ mol dm–3 / mol dm–3 / mol dm–3 / mol dm–3 s–1
1 1.50 × 10–2 2.50 × 10–2 2.50 × 10–2 2.75 × 10–11
2 1.50 × 10–2 2.50 × 10–2 8.25 × 10–11
3 3.75 × 10–3 5.00 × 10–2 1.00 × 10–1
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Complete Table 1.
Use the data from experiment 1 to calculate the rate constant k for this reaction.
Give the units for the rate constant.
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Figure 1 shows an incomplete mechanism for this reaction.
Figure 1
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Complete the mechanism in Figure 1 by adding four curly arrows and any relevant
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lone pair(s) of electrons.
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0 1 . 4 Use evidence from the rate equation to explain why Step 1 is the
rate determining step.
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