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A-level
CHEMISTRY
Paper 3
Friday 21 June 2024 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours
Materials
For this paper you must have: For Examiner’s Use
• the Periodic Table/Data Booklet, provided as an insert (enclosed)
• a ruler with millimetre measurements Question Mark
• a scientific calculator, which you are expected to use where appropriate. 1
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Instructions
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• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. 4
• Answer all questions. 5
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside Section B
the box around each page or on blank pages.
• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of TOTAL
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s).
• All working must be shown.
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not
want to be marked.
Information
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 90.
Advice
• You are advised to spend 70 minutes on Section A and 50 minutes on Section B.
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Answer all questions in this section.
0 1 The structure of 2-hydroxybenzenecarboxylic acid is shown.
0 1 . 1 Give the equation for the reaction of 2-hydroxybenzenecarboxylic acid with methanol.
In your equation, include the skeletal formula of the organic product.
[2 marks]
Aspirin is produced from 2-hydroxybenzenecarboxylic acid by reaction with
ethanoic anhydride in the presence of concentrated phosphoric acid.
Method
1. Add 2-hydroxybenzenecarboxylic acid to a conical flask.
2. Add excess ethanoic anhydride.
3. Add a few drops of concentrated phosphoric acid.
4. Heat the flask to 85 °C for 10 minutes.
5. Cool the flask and pour the contents into 150 cm3 of cold water.
6. Filter and wash the impure solid aspirin.
7. Recrystallise the aspirin using a 50:50 mixture of water and ethanol.
8. Check the purity of the aspirin.
0 1 . 2 Aspirin can also be produced by reacting 2-hydroxybenzenecarboxylic acid with
ethanoyl chloride.
State why ethanoic anhydride is preferred to ethanoyl chloride for this preparation.
[1 mark]
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0 1 . 3 Give the name of the mechanism for the reaction of box
2-hydroxybenzenecarboxylic acid with ethanoic anhydride.
[1 mark]
0 1 . 4 Suggest the role of the concentrated phosphoric acid.
[1 mark]
0 1 . 5 Suggest why reflux is not essential when the flask is heated to 85 °C for 10 minutes.
[1 mark]
0 1 . 6 Complete and label the diagram to show how the impure solid is filtered.
[2 marks]
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0 1 . 7 Suggest the identity of two impurities present in the filtered solid aspirin before it is box
washed in Step 6 of the method.
[2 marks]
Impurity 1
Impurity 2
0 1 . 8 Describe the recrystallisation process used to purify the aspirin.
Include the method and apparatus used.
[6 marks]
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