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Date May 2022 Marks available 1 Reference code 22M.1.sl.TZ2.26
Level SL Paper 1 Time zone TZ2
Command term State Question number 26 Adapted from N/A

Question

Which is a homologous series?

A.  C2H4, C3H5, C4H6

B.  C2H2, C3H4, C4H6

C.  C2H2, C2H4, C2H6

D.  C2H2, C4H4, C6H6

Markscheme

B

Examiners report

45% of the candidates identified the members of the same homologous series (ethyne, propyne and butyne). The most commonly chosen distractor included the compounds C2H2, C4H4 and C6H6. The question had good discrimination between high-scoring and low-scoring candidates.

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Core » Topic 10: Organic chemistry » 10.1 Fundamentals of organic chemistry
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