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Date May 2017 Marks available 2 Reference code 17M.3.hl.TZ1.9
Level HL Paper 3 Time zone TZ1
Command term Deduce Question number 9 Adapted from N/A

Question

Antimony oxide is widely used as a homogeneous catalyst for the reaction of benzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid with ethane-1,2-diol in the production of polyethylene terephthalate (PETE).

Deduce the repeating unit of the polymer and the other product of the reaction.

[2]
a.

State the class of polymer to which PETE belongs.

[1]
b.

Markscheme

Repeating unit:

Other product: water/H2O

 

Continuation bonds necessary for the mark.

Accept alternative repeating unit with O at other end.

Do not penalize square brackets or n.

[2 marks]

a.

condensation

 

Accept polyester or thermoplastic.

[1 mark]

b.

Examiners report

[N/A]
a.
[N/A]
b.

Syllabus sections

Core » Topic 10: Organic chemistry » 10.2 Functional group chemistry
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