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Date May 2017 Marks available 1 Reference code 17M.2.sl.TZ2.6
Level SL Paper 2 Time zone TZ2
Command term State Question number 6 Adapted from N/A

Question

The photochemical chlorination of methane can occur at low temperature.

Using relevant equations, show the initiation and the propagation steps for this reaction.

[3]
a.

Bromine was added to hexane, hex-1-ene and benzene. Identify the compound(s) which will react with bromine in a well-lit laboratory.

[1]
b.

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is a polymer with the following structure.

State the structural formula for the monomer of PVC.

[1]
c.

Markscheme

Initiation:

Cl–Cl → Cl• + Cl•

 

Propagation:

Cl• + CH4 → Cl–H + •CH3

Cl–Cl + •CH3 → Cl–CH3 + Cl•

 

Do not penalize missing electron dot on radicals if consistent throughout.

Accept Cl2, HCl and CH3Cl without showing bonds.

Do not accept hydrogen radical, H• or H, but apply ECF to other propagation steps.

[3 marks]

a.

hexane AND hex-1-ene

 

Accept “benzene AND hexane AND hex-1-ene”.

[1 mark]

b.

OR

 

Accept “CH2CHCl” or “CHClCH2”.

Do not accept “C2H3Cl”.

[1 mark]

c.

Examiners report

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Syllabus sections

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