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A-level
CHEMISTRY
Paper 2 Organic and Physical Chemistry
Tuesday 18 June 2024 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours
Materials
For Examiner’s Use
For this paper you must have:
the Periodic Table/Data Booklet, provided as an insert (enclosed) Question Mark
a ruler with millimetre measurements 1
a scientific calculator, which you are expected to use where appropriate.
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Instructions 3
Use black ink or black ball-point pen. 4
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. 5
Answer all questions.
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You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside
the box around each page or on blank pages. 7
If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of 8
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s).
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All working must be shown.
Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to 10
be marked. 11
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The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
The maximum mark for this paper is 105.
7405/2
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Answer all questions in the spaces provided. box
0 1 Propanone reacts with bromine in alkaline conditions.
CH3COCH3 + Br2 + OH– ⟶ CH3COCH2Br + Br – +
H2O
The rate equation for this reaction is
Rate = k [CH3COCH3] [OH–]
0 1 . 1 Sketch a graph on the axes provided to show how, at constant temperature, the
concentration of bromine changes during this reaction.
[1 mark]
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0 1 .2 Table 1 shows the initial rate of this reaction for experiments using different box
mixtures containing propanone, bromine and hydroxide ions.
Use the data from experiment 1 to calculate the rate constant k for this reaction.
Give the units for the rate constant.
[5 marks]
k Units
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0 1 . 3 Figure 1 shows an incomplete mechanism for this reaction. box
Figure 1
Complete the mechanism in Figure 1 by adding four curly arrows and any relevant
lone pair(s) of electrons.
[4 marks]
0 1 . 4 Use evidence from the rate equation to explain why Step 1 is the
rate determining step.
[1 mark]
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