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Arene A-2
Arene A-2
ARENES
1. Methylbenzene can react with chlorine in two ways, depending on
the conditions of the reaction.
(ii) bromobenzene,
(iii) nitrobenzene.
(a) State the condition needed for
(i) reaction I,
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(ii) reaction II.
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(b) One of the two compounds A and B reacts with NaOH(aq), but
the other is inert. (i) Which one (A or B) does not react? Give a
reason for your answer.
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(ii) Write an equation for the reaction with NaOH(aq) that does occur.
[2]
[Total: 4]
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(c) Draw the structure of the product obtained by heating
ethylbenzene with KMnO4.
[1]
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[Total: 11]
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Benzocaine
(a) Suggest reagents and conditions for each of the above four
reactions.
I ............................................................................................................
[2]
[Total: 8]
II .......................................................................................................[3]
(b) Draw steps to show the mechanism of reaction I.
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[2]
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(ii) Suggest the reagents and conditions for reaction II.
III ..........................................................................................................
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[2]
(c) Suggest the reagents and conditions for reaction III.
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(d) (i) Apart from the benzene ring, name the functional group in
antifebrin.
IV .........................................................................................................
[4]
(b) What type of reaction is each of the following?
reaction I
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reaction III
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(ii) What reagents and conditions are needed to hydrolyse
antifebrin?
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8- Both ethene and benzene react with bromine, but the mechanisms
and the types of products of the two reactions are different.
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If Y is an electron-withdrawing group, the next substitution will be in
position 3. If Y is an electron-releasing group, the next substitution will
be mostly in position 4.
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Use the above information to draw relevant structural formulae in the
boxes in the schemes below.
(b) In each of reactions I and II, the intermediate is a brominecontaining cation. In eachof the following boxes, draw the intermediate
and use curly arrows to show how it is converted into the product.
product
Reaction I
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intermediate
[4]
(c) Why do ethene and benzene differ in their reaction with bromine?
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reaction IV.
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[5]
product
Reaction II
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[Total: 7]
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compound
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(a) State the reagents and conditions necessary to carry out this
reaction.
[2]
[Total: 10]
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(b) What type of reaction mechanism is this?
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(c) The reaction proceeds via two steps:
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(ii) conditions for reaction II
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(b) State the reagent needed to carry out the following reaction.
Z+..................................................................................................
(iv) Write an equation to show how X+ is produced from the reagents.
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(iii) Draw the structure of the repeat unit of polystyrene.
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(iv) There are several polymers that consist of phenylethene copolymerised with other monomers. The following formula shows part of
the chain of one such co-polymer.
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[Total: 12]
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reagents:
reaction I .................................... reaction II ........................................
reaction III .............................. reaction IV .......................................
[4]
[Total: 7]
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