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Answer ALL the questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided.
1 A series of tests is carried out on a white solid, J, which is a mixture of two compounds.

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One compound contains a Group 1 cation, and the other a Group 2 cation.
The two compounds contain the same anion.
(a) Complete the labels A and B in the diagram below, which shows the procedure
and result for a flame test on solid J.
(2)

red flame
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solid J
solid J

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(b) It is known that the Group 2 cation in J gives no colour in a flame test, so the red colour
seen must be due to the Group 1 cation.
Give the name or formula of the Group 1 cation, which is responsible for the red colour
observed in the flame test, and give the name or formula of the Group 2 cation.
(2)

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(c) Dilute hydrochloric acid is added to a sample of J.

J dissolves in the acid but there is no other change.
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(i) If J contained a carbonate anion, what would be the observation on the

addition of dilute hydrochloric acid?
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(ii) Give the name or formula of another anion which would produce the same
observation with dilute hydrochloric acid as the carbonate anion.
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(iii) Aqueous barium chloride is then added to the solution of J in hydrochloric acid.
A white precipitate forms.
Give the formulae for the two salts present in J.
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2 This question is about the following two dicarboxylic acids.

Both acids are solid at room temperature.

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O O O O
HO C CH2 C OH HO C CH CH C OH
Propanedioic acid Butenedioic acid
(a) (i) Phosphorus(V) chloride is often used to confirm the presence of an OH group in a
compound.
Suggest a practical problem if solid phosphorus(V) chloride is used with these
two dicarboxylic acids.
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(ii) Suggest a reagent that could be used to confirm the presence of an acid group in
either of the two compounds above, and the positive observation that would be
made.
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(b) Bromine dissolved in an organic solvent reacts rapidly with butenedioic acid.
Complete the equation for the reaction of butenedioic acid with bromine.
(1)

O O
HO C CH CH C OH + Br2 o
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(c) Propanedioic acid can be produced by the oxidation of propane-1,3-diol.

(i) Draw the skeletal formula of propane-1,3-diol.
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(1)

(ii) Identify one way in which the infrared spectrum of propanedioic acid would
be different from that of the infrared spectrum of propane-1,3-diol.
Wavenumber data are not required.
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3 Washing soda is hydrated sodium carbonate, Na2CO3.xH2O, where the number of

moles of water of crystallization, x, can vary.

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A sample of washing soda is analysed. Two methods are used to determine the value
of x in the sample.
Method 1: Heating
2.50 g of the washing soda is placed in a crucible. The crucible is gently heated for
three minutes and then heated strongly for five minutes. The mass of the solid after
heating is 1.06 g.
Na2CO3.xH2O(s) o Na2CO3(s) + xH2O(g) Equation 1

(a) Suggest why the crucible is heated gently for the first three minutes.
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(b) What additional step after heating strongly for five minutes is needed to make
sure that all of the water of crystallization has been removed?
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(c) What is the correct chemical term for sodium carbonate without water of
crystallization?
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(d) (i) Calculate the number of moles of sodium carbonate that remain after heating
the sample, assuming that all of the water of crystallization has been removed.
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(ii) Calculate the number of moles of water lost from the sample of washing soda
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(iii) Hence deduce the value of x in the sample of washing soda, Na2CO3.xH2O, obtained
using Method 1.
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Method 2: Titration
Sodium carbonate reacts with hydrochloric acid as follows:

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Na2CO3 + 2HCl o 2NaCl + CO2 + H2O Equation 2
A 2.50 g sample of the washing soda is placed in a beaker and dissolved in deionized water.
This solution is poured into a 250 cm3 volumetric flask, made up to the mark and mixed
thoroughly.
A pipette is then used to transfer 25.00 cm3 of the washing soda solution to each of three
conical flasks. A burette is filled with hydrochloric acid, of concentration 0.100 mol dm–3,
and titrations are carried out. The results are shown in the table.

Titration numbers 1 2 3

Burette reading (final) / cm3 17.00 33.55 16.45

Burette reading (initial) / cm3 0.00 17.00 0.00

Titre / cm3 17.00 16.55 16.45

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(e) What should be done to make sure that all of the washing soda is transferred to
the volumetric flask?
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(f ) Explain why only titrations 2 and 3 are used to calculate the mean titre.
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(g) (i) Calculate the mean titre, and then calculate the number of moles of
hydrochloric acid in the mean titre.
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(ii) Using your answer to part (g)(i) and Equation 2, calculate the number of
moles of sodium carbonate present in 25 cm3 of the washing soda solution.
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(iii) Hence calculate the total number of moles of sodium carbonate present in
250 cm3 of the washing soda solution.
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(iv) Calculate the molar mass of the hydrated washing soda, Na2CO3.xH2O. Hence
deduce the value of x in the sample of washing soda from the data in
Method 2.
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(h) A student carrying out Method 2 overshot the end-point of each titration.
Explain how this would affect the calculated value of x.

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4 The thermal decomposition of copper(II) carbonate is

CuCO3(s) o CuO(s) + CO2(g) Equation 3

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The enthalpy change for this reaction, ¨H3, cannot be determined directly. However,
it can be calculated using Hess’s law, from the enthalpy changes for the reaction of
sulfuric acid with copper(II) carbonate and with copper(II) oxide.
(a) A student carried out an experiment to determine the enthalpy change, ¨H4, for
the reaction
CuCO3(s) + H2SO4(aq) o CuSO4(aq) + H2O(l) + CO2(g) Equation 4
In the experiment, a known mass of copper(II) carbonate was mixed with a known
volume of sulfuric acid in a polystyrene cup, and the temperature change measured.
The results of the experiment are shown in the table.

Measurement Reading

Mass of copper(II) carbonate added to sulfuric acid 2.54 g

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Volume of sulfuric acid, 1 mol dm–3 50.0 cm3

Initial temperature of sulfuric acid before addition of

24.3°C
copper(II) carbonate
Maximum temperature of sulfuric acid after the addition
29.0°C
of copper(II) carbonate

(i) Calculate the energy transferred, in joules, for this reaction using the expression
Energy transferred (J) = 50.0 × 4.18 × temperature change
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(ii) Calculate the number of moles of copper(II) carbonate used.

Molar mass of copper(II) carbonate = 123.5 g mol–1
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(iii) Use your answers to (a)(i) and (a)(ii) to calculate, in kJ mol–1, the enthalpy
change, ¨H4, for the reaction shown in Equation 4. Include a sign for ¨H4 and
give your answer to three significant figures.
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(2)

(iv) Why does the sulfuric acid need to be in excess?

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(v) The enthalpy change obtained from this experiment is much less negative
than the Data Booklet value.
Suggest one likely reason for this difference, other than a measurement error.
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(b) The student then carried out a similar experiment to determine the enthalpy
change, ¨H5, for the reaction between copper(II) oxide and sulfuric acid.

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CuO(s) + H2SO4(aq) o CuSO4(aq) + H2O(l) Equation 5
From the results of this experiment, ¨H5 was calculated to be –56.1 kJ mol–1.
The values of ¨H4 and ¨H5 can be used to determine the enthalpy change for the
thermal decomposition of copper(II) carbonate using the Hess cycle shown below.

¨H3
CuCO3(s) CuO(s) + CO2(g)

+ H2SO4(aq) ¨H4 ¨H5 + H2SO4(aq)

CuSO4(aq) + CO2(g) + H2O(l)

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Use Hess’s law to calculate the value of ¨H3, in kJ mol–1. Include a sign in your answer.
(2)

(c) Suggest why it is not possible to determine directly the enthalpy change for the
thermal decomposition of copper(II) carbonate.
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5 A method for the preparation of iodoethane is given in outline below.

Procedure
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Step 1 Suitable quantities of red phosphorus and iodine are placed in a

round-bottom flask. The flask is fitted with a reflux condenser and immersed
in cold water.
Step 2 Using a dropping pipette, a suitable volume of ethanol is added, in 1 cm3 portions,
down the condenser.
Step 3 After the addition of the ethanol is complete, and a further 15 minutes
have passed, the cold water bath is removed and the mixture in the flask is
heated under reflux for 45 minutes.
Step 4 The apparatus is allowed to cool and the condenser is rearranged for
distillation.
Step 5 The crude iodoethane is distilled off.
Step 6 The distillate is washed with dilute sodium carbonate solution.
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Step 7 The washed iodoethane is separated from the aqueous solution.

Step 8 Anhydrous calcium chloride is added to the washed iodoethane.
The equations for the reactions are

2P + 3I2 o 2PI3
3CH3CH2OH + PI3 o 3CH3CH2I + H3PO3
(a) What does the way in which ethanol is added in step 2 suggest about the nature
of the reaction?
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(b) A student drew a diagram of the apparatus used in step 5. There are a number of
errors in the diagram.

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(i) One of the errors is that the flow of water in the condenser is the wrong way
round. Explain the effect of this error.

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(ii) Identify the most significant error in the diagram and explain the effect of this.
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(c) Suggest why, in step 6, the crude iodoethane is washed with dilute sodium carbonate
solution.
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(d) Draw a diagram of the apparatus that would be used in step 7 to separate the
iodoethane. Name the apparatus and label its contents.
The density of iodoethane is 1.5 g cm–3 and the density of the aqueous solution is
about 1.0 g cm–3.
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(e) How will the appearance of the iodoethane be changed by the addition of
anhydrous calcium chloride in step 8?
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(f ) How would the iodoethane be separated from the calcium chloride after step 8?
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(g) To obtain pure iodoethane, one further step in the preparation is needed. What is
this step?
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(h) It is not possible to effectively produce iodoethane by reacting ethanol with a mixture
of sodium iodide and 50% sulfuric acid. This is because the sulfur in the sulfuric acid can
be reduced to form substances such as hydrogen sulfide and sulfur.
State what happens to the iodide ions in the sodium iodide when this occurs.
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