International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

Academic year: 2021 - 2022

DP 1: Formative Assessment - 2

Date : 24-01-2022

Subject : CHEMISTRY Paper : 1 & 2

Level : HL MM : 40

Duration : 1 hour

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INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
 Write your Name on all the work you hand in.
 Write in dark blue or black ink pen.
 Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.
 Answer all questions
 Questions numbered 1 to 14 carry one mark each
 The number of marks for questions from 15 to 19 is given in brackets () at the end of each
question or part question.
 A clean copy of the chemistry data booklet is required for this paper
 You are permitted to use a calculator for this paper.

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 1. What is the IUPAC name of the following hydrocarbon?

A. hexane
B. 2-methylpentane
C. 2,2-dimethylbutane
D. ethylbutane
(Total 1 mark)

2. Which is the correct formula for 2-bromo-3-methylbutane?

A. CH3CBr2CH(CH3)CH3
B. CH3CHBrCH2CH(CH3)2
C. CH3CBr2C(CH3)2
D. CH3CH(CH3)CHBrCH3
(Total 1 mark)

3. How many structural isomers are there with the molecular formula C4H10?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
(Total 1 mark)

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4. Identify the functional group present in HCOOCH3.
A. carboxyl
B. ester
C. ether
D. aldehyde
(Total 1 mark)

5. What will be the major organic product formed when propan-2-ol is reacted with a
warm acidified solution of potassium dichromate(VI)?
A. Propan-1-ol
B. Propanal
C. Propanoic acid
D. Propanone
(Total 1 mark)

6. Which statements about the reactions of halogenoalkanes are correct?

I. the reaction between iodoethane and warm aqueous sodium hydroxide solution predominantly
follows an SN2 mechanism.
II. the reaction between iodoethane and warm aqueous sodium hydroxide solution is faster than the
reaction between bromoethane and warm aqueous sodium hydroxide solution at the same temperature.
III. the reaction between bromoethane and water is faster than the reaction between bromoethane and
warm aqueous sodium hydroxide solution at the same temperature.
A. I and II only
B. I and III only
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III
(Total 1 mark)

7. Which two compounds react together to form 2-iodopentane as the major product?
A. pent-2-ene and iodine
B. pent-1-ene and iodine
C. pentane and iodine
D. pent-1-ene and hydrogen iodide
(Total 1 mark)

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8. What is the correct IUPAC name for the following compound?
CH 3 CHCH 2 CH 2 CN

CH 3

A. 4-methylbutanenitrile

B. 4-methylpentanenitrile

C. 2-methylbutanenitrile

D. 2-methylpentanenitrile
(Total 1 mark)

9. What is the organic product of the reaction between ethanol and ethanoic acid in the
presence of sulfuric acid?

A. CH3CHO

B. CH3COOCH3

C. CH3CH2COOCH3

D. CH3COOCH2CH3
(Total 1 mark)

10. Which compound can exist as optical isomers?

A. H2NCH2COOH

B. H3CCONH2

C. H3CCHBrI

D. HCOOCH3
(Total 1 mark)

11. Which species is a free radical?

A. •CH3

B. +CH
3

C. –CH
3

D. :CH3
(Total 1 mark)

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12. Which compound is a tertiary halogenoalkane?

A. (CH3CH2)2CHBr

B. CH3(CH2)3CH2Br

C. (CH3)2CHCH2CH2Br

D. CH3CH2C(CH3)2Br
(Total 1 mark)

13. Which species reacts most readily with propane?

A. Br2

B. Br•

C. Br–

D. Br+
(Total 1 mark)

14. Which compound has the lowest boiling point?

A. CH3CH2CH(CH3)CH3

B. (CH3)4C

C. CH3CH2CH2CH2CH3

D. CH3CH2OCH2CH3
(Total 1 mark)

15. Alkenes are important starting materials for a variety of products.

(a) State and explain the trend of the boiling points of the first five members of the
alkene homologous series.

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 (b) Describe two features of a homologous series.

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(Total 5 marks)

16. State and explain whether the following molecules are primary, secondary or tertiary
halogenoalkanes.

E:

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 G:

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(Total 4 marks)

17. 2-chloro-3-methylbutane reacts with sodium hydroxide via an SN2 mechanism.

Explain the mechanism by using curly arrows to represent the movement of electron pairs.

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(Total 4 marks)

18. A compound, J, has the molecular formula C2H4O2 and is obtained from a reaction between
methanoic acid and methanol. Write an equation for this reaction and state the name of
compound J.

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(Total 3 marks)

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19. This question is about structural isomers and stereoisomers with the molecular formula
C4H6Cl2.

(a) The compound 1,3-dichlorobut-1-ene can be used to illustrate two types of

stereoisomerism. For each type of stereoisomerism, draw two structures to show the
relationship between the two.

two geometrical isomers

two optical isomers

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(b) Explain the term racemic mixture.

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(c) Outline how the two optical isomers of 1,3-dichlorobut-1-ene can be distinguished
from each other and from a racemic mixture.

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(d) 1,3-dichlorocyclobutane exists as geometrical isomers. Draw the 3-dimensional

structures of these isomers.

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(Total 10 marks)

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