SL CHEMISTRY PAPER 2 EXAM

1. Describe and compare three features of the structure and bonding in the three allotropes of
carbon: diamond, graphite and C60 fullerene.

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2. Draw the Lewis structure of CO2 and predict its shape and bond angle.

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 3. The graph below illustrates how the vapour pressures of ethoxyethane, CH 3CH2OCH2CH3,
benzene, C6H6, and water, H2O, change with temperature.

(a) Using data from the graph, explain the difference in vapour pressure of ethoxyethane,
benzene and water at 30 °C.

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(b) Use the graph to determine the boiling point of benzene at standard pressure.

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 4. Ammonia, NH3, is a weak base.

(i) Draw the Lewis structure of ammonia and state the shape of the molecule and its bond
angles.

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(ii)The conjugate acid of ammonia is the ammonium ion, NH 4 . Draw the Lewis structure of the
ammonium ion and deduce its shape and bond angles.

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(iii) Explain why sodium conducts electricity but phosphorus does not.
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5. Predict the shape and bond angles for the following species:

(i) CO2
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2–
(ii) CO3
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(iii) BF4
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(Total 6 marks)

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