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A Level CHEMISTRY
Revision Test
Topic 6A: Organic Chemistry

Time: 30 mins
Date Mark Grade/Effort

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Follow up questions and corrections

Q1. What is the systematic name for the compound with the following formula?
    A    2-methyl-4-ethylpentane
   B    2-ethyl-4-methylpentane
   C    2,4-dimethylhexane
   D    3,5-dimethylhexane

Q2. Ethene is produced in industry by cracking.

(a)  (i)  Write the equation for the cracking of dodecane, C12H26, to produce one mole of ethene as the only
alkene product.
(1)

(ii)  Draw a labelled diagram of the apparatus and materials you would use to crack dodecane and collect a
sample of the gaseous alkene in the laboratory.
(2)
Q3. One alkane produced from crude oil is heptane, C7H16. The reforming of heptane produces
methylcyclohexane and only one other product. A methylcyclohexane molecule is made from a ring of six
carbon atoms bonded to a methyl group.

(ii)  Write a balanced equation, using molecular formulae, for the reforming of heptane into
methylcyclohexane and one other product. State symbols are not required.
(1)

(iii)  Suggest a reason why oil companies reform alkanes such as heptane.
(1)
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Q4. Chloroethane can be made from ethane and chlorine in the gas phase in the presence of ultraviolet
light. The equation for the reaction is
CH3CH3 + Cl2 → CH3CH2Cl + HCl
(a) Complete the mechanism for the reaction. Two of the steps have been given for you.
(3)

(b) This reaction gives a poor yield of chloroethane. Give the structural formula of another organic product,
not included in your mechanism for part (a), which could be produced in the reaction.
(1)
Formula
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Q5. Which of these statements about carbon-carbon double bonds is false?

   A     The two ends of a molecule cannot rotate relative to each other, about the axis of the double bond.
   B     They are twice as strong as a carbon-carbon single bond.
   C     They have a higher electron density than a single bond.
   D     They consist of a sigma bond and a pi bond.

Q6. This question is about the organic compounds with skeletal formulae as shown.

(a)  Which compounds are isomers?

(1)
   A    1 and 2
   B    1 and 3
   C    1 and 4
   D    2 and 3

(b)  Which compound has the same molecular formula and empirical formula?
(1)
   A    1
   B    2
   C    3
   D    4

Q7. Which of the following compounds shows geometric (E-Z or cis-trans) isomerism?

   A    but-1-ene
   B    2-methylbut-1-ene
   C    but-2-ene
   D    2-methylbut-2-ene
Q8. What is the systematic name for the following compound?

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Q9. Four of the reactions of propene are shown on the diagram below.

(a)  Identify the catalyst for Reaction 1.

(1)

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(b)  The name of the reagent and the product for Reaction 2 are
(1)

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(c)  What is formed in Reaction 3?

(1)
   A     Only 1-bromopropane
   B     Only 2-bromopropane
   C     A mixture of bromopropanes containing mainly 2-bromopropane
   D     A mixture of bromopropanes containing mainly 1-bromopropane
 (d)  A mixture of dilute sulfuric acid and what other reagent is needed for Reaction 4?
(1)

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Q10. Give the mechanism for the reaction of propene with hydrogen bromide, HBr, to form the major
product.
(3)
Q11. The structure below shows two repeat units of a polymer.

     (i) Give the displayed formulae of two isomeric alkenes, either of which could have given rise to this
polymer.
(2)

     (ii) State why the empirical formula of a poly(alkene) is the same as that of the monomer from which it
is produced.
(1)
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Markscheme (Topic 6 Test)
Q1. C
Q2.

Q3.
Q41.

 
Q55. B
Q57. C, C
Q60. C
Q65.

Q85.
(a) Nickel (ALLOW Platinum / Palladium)
(b) Bromine (NOT bromine water) AND 1,2-dibromoethane
(c) C
(d) KMnO4 OR Potassium manganate

Q100.
 
Q111.