P525/ 2

Chemistry
Paper 2
July 2019
2½hours

Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education

Set 2.
CHEMISTRY
PAPER 2
2 hours 30 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES

Answer five questions including three questions in section A and any two
questions in section B.
Write the answers in the answer booklet provided.
Mathematical tables and graph papers are provided.
Begin each question on a fresh page.
Non-programmable scientific electronic calculators may be used.
Illustrate your answers with equations where applicable.
Indicate the questions in the grid below.
Where necessary use C = 12 , O = 16 , H =1 , Ca = 40, Ag =108,P = 31

Question Total
Marks

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1. (a) What is meant by the following term weak base? (01mark)

(b) Write
(i) equation for the ionization of methylamine in water.
(01mark)
(ii) an expression for base ionization constant, Kb for
methyl amine (01mark)

(c) (i) The PKb of 0.02M methylamine is 3.45 at 25oC.

Calculate the PH of the solution.
( Kw for water = 1 x 10-14 mol2dm-6) (03marks)
(ii) 650cm3 of 0.02M methylamine were mixed with 350cm3
of 0.02M hydrochloric acid at 25oC. Calculate the pH of
the resultant solution. (04marks)

(d) State and explain how the pH of the resultant mixture in (c)(ii)
above would be affected if small amounts of sodium hydroxide and
hydrochloric acid were added. (04marks)

(e) Explain the following observations

(i) ethanoic acid is a weaker acid than benzoic acid. (03marks)
(ii) an aqueous solution of methylamine hydrochloride has a pH
of less than seven. (03marks)

2. (a) State
(i) Partition law. (01mark)
(ii) three limitations of the law. (1½marks)

(b) (i) Describe an experiment to determine the partition

coefficient of butane -1,4 – dioic acid between
ethoxyethane and water. (06marks)
(ii) State two advantages and one disadvantage of using
ethoxyethane as a solvent in this experiment.
(1½marks)
(c) An aqueous solution contains 10g of butane-1,4-dioic acid per
litre. When 100cm3 of this solution is shaken with 20cm 3 of
ethoxyethane , the ethoxyethane layer extracts 0.8g of butane-1,4-
dioic acid . Calculate mass of butane-1,4- dioic acid extracted
when 500cm3 of the aqueous layer was shaken with
(i) 50cm3 of the ethoxyethane. (04marks)
(ii) two successive 25cm portions of the ethoxyerhane.(04marks)
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(d) Comment on your results in (c) above. (01marks)

(e) State two applications of partition coefficient. (01mark)

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3. Beryllium , magnesium , calcium , strontium and barium are of group(II)
elements of the Period Table.
(a) Explain briefly how the following vary down the group.
(i) electro positivity
(ii) melting points. (05marks)

(b) Briefly describe how the following compounds can be prepared in

the laboratory.
(i) calcium carbide (2½marks)
(ii) strontium hydride (2½marks)
(iii) barium peroxide. (2½marks)

(c) Write equation for the reaction between

(i) calcium carbide and water (1½marks)
(ii) barium peroxide and warm dilute hydrochloric acid.
(1½marks)

(d) Potassium chromate solution was added to barium nitrate solution

followed by dilute nitric acid drop –wise until in excess.
(i) State what was observed (1½marks)
(ii) Write equation for the reaction. (03marks)

4. When 20cm3 of a gaseous alkyne ,P , 𝐶 𝐻 ,was exploded with 135cm3

of oxygen(excess) and on cooling to room temperature , the residual
gases occupied a volume of 105cm3. When the residual gases was passed
through concentrated sodium hydroxide solution , the volume decreased
by 80cm3.
(a) (i) Write equation for the combustion of P. (1½marks)
(ii) Determine the molecular formula of P. (02marks)

(b) Write the structural formulae and names of the possible isomers of
P. (02marks)

(c) P reacts with sodium metal in presence of liquid ammonia to form

compound Q.
identify
(i) P (½mark)
(ii) Q (½mark)

(d) Write equation and suggest a mechanism for the reaction between
(i) P and bromine water (05marks)

(ii) Q and 1-bromopropane (03marks)

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 (e) P was bubbled through ammoniacal silver nitrate solution.

(i) State what was observed (01mark)

(ii) Write equation for the reaction. (1½marks)

(f) With aid of an equation describe briefly how P reacts with water.
(2½marks)

SECTION B
Attempt any two questions from this section.

5. Write equations to show how the following conversions can be effected.

(a) 1,3,5- tribromobenzene from aminobenzene (04marks)

(b) propanoic acid from propene (04marks)

(c) 2- bromo- 2- methyl propane from propan-2- ol (04marks)

(d) amino benzene from benzoyl chloride (04marks)

(e) phenylethanoate from benzene (04marks)

6. (a) Define the terms

(i) conductivity (01mark)
(ii) molar conductivity (01mark)

(b) The table below shows the molar conductivities of an aqueous

solution of sodium hydroxide varying with square root
concentration of the solution.

√𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6

(moldm-3)½
Molar conductivity 238 230 224 217 210 202
Λ/ Scm2mol-1

(i) Plot a graph of molar conductivity against square root of

concentration. (3marks)
(ii) Use the graph to determine the molar conductivity of sodium
hydroxide at infinity dilution. (01mark)

(c) Draw sketch graphs to show the variation of molar conductivity

with square root of concentration for:
(i) hydrofluoric acid
(ii) hydroiodic acid (03marks)

(d) Explain the shapes of the graphs in (c) above (06marks)

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 (d) The conductivity of a saturated solution of silver phosphate at
25oC is 2.661x 10-6Scm-1 and that of pure water is 1.519 x 10 -6Scm-
1. If the molar ionic conductivities of silver ions and phosphate ions

at infinite dilution at 25oC are 61.9 and 240Scm2mol-1 respectively.

Calculate the
(i) solubility of silver phosphate in molesdm-3 at 25oC.(2½marks)
(ii) solubility product of silver phosphate at 25oC and state its
units. (2½marks)

7. Explain each of the following observations

(a) When chlorine gas was bubbled through cold dilute potassium
hydroxide , the colorless solution turned pale yellow which turned
colourless on warming. (04marks)

(b) When a mixture of manganese(II) sulphate solution , concentrated

nitric acid and lead(IV) oxide was warmed , a purple solution was
formed. (04mark)

(c) When a mixture of anhydrous zinc chloride and concentrated

hydrochloric acid was added to 2- methylpropan- 2- ol , immediate
cloudiness was formed but there no observable change at room
temperature if the same reagent was treated with propan- 1- ol.
(04marks)

(d) When aluminium was added to concentrated sodium hydroxide

solution , the metal dissolved with effervescence of a colourless gas
that burnt with a pop sound.. (04marks)

(e) When methanoic acid was warmed with Fehling’s solution a red
precipitate was formed whereas with ethanoic acid , there was no
observable change. (04marks)

8. (a) (i) What is meant by the term ore? (01mark)

(ii) Write the formula and name of one ore from which copper is
extracted. (01marks)

(b) Describe how pure copper can be extracted from the ore in (a)(ii)
above. (11½marks)

(c) Discuss the reactions of copper with

(i) concentrated hydrochloric acid
(ii) nitric acid (04marks)

(d) Few drops of potassium hexacyanoferrate(II) solution were added o

copper(II) sulphate solution ;
(i) State what would be observed. (01mark)
(ii) Write equation for the reaction. (1½marks)
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