Date | November 2018 | Marks available | 2 | Reference code | 18N.2.sl.TZ0.2 |
Level | SL | Paper | 2 | Time zone | TZ0 |
Command term | Calculate | Question number | 2 | Adapted from | N/A |
Question
Propan-2-ol is a useful organic solvent.
Draw the structural formula of propan-2-ol.
Calculate the number of hydrogen atoms in 1.00 g of propan-2-ol.
Classify propan-2-ol as a primary, secondary or tertiary alcohol, giving a reason.
State a suitable oxidizing agent for the oxidation of propan-2-ol in an acidified aqueous solution.
Deduce the average oxidation state of carbon in propan-2-ol.
Deduce the product of the oxidation of propan-2-ol with the oxidizing agent in (d)(i).
Markscheme
CH3CH(OH)CH3
Accept the full or condensed structural formula.
«» 0.0166 «mol CH3CH(OH)CH3» ✔
«0.0166 mol × 6.02 × 1023 molecules mol−1 × 8 atoms molecule−1 =» 8.01 × 1022 «atoms of hydrogen» ✔
Accept answers in the range 7.99 × 1022 to 8.19 × 1022.
Award [2] for correct final answer.
secondary AND OH/hydroxyl is attached to a carbon bonded to one hydrogen
OR
secondary AND OH/hydroxyl is attached to a carbon bonded to two C/R/alkyl/CH3 «groups» ✔
Accept “secondary AND OH is attached to the second carbon in the chain”.
«potassium/sodium» manganate(VII)/permanganate/KMnO4/NaMnO4/MnO4−
OR
«potassium/sodium» dichromate(VI)/K2Cr2O7/Na2Cr2O7/Cr2O72− ✔
−2 ✔
propanone/propan-2-one/CH3COCH3 ✔