Chemistry P525Pp2
Chemistry P525Pp2
Chemistry P525Pp2
CHEMISTRY
Paper 2
July/August 2018
21/2 hours
CHEMISTRY
(Principal Subject)
Paper 2
2 hours 30 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES;
Answer five questions including three questions from section A and any two
questions from section B.
Write the answers in the answer booklet/sheets provided.
Begin each question on a fresh page.
Mathematical tables and graph papers are provided.
Non programmable, silent scientific electronic calculators may be used.
Illustrate your answers with equations where applicable.
Where necessary use (C = 12, O = 16, H = 1, N = 14, IF = 96500C)
(c) Sketch a graph of pH against volume of sodium hydroxide for the titration
in (b) and explain the shape of the graph. (04marks)
2. Carbon, silicon, germanium, tin and lead are elements of Group(IV) of the Periodic
Table.
(a) (i) Write the outer most electronic configuration of Group(IV) elements.
(01mark)
(ii) State the oxidation states of Group(IV) elements. (01mark)
(iii) State how the stability of the oxidation states vary down the group.
(02marks)
(b) Describe the reactions of the elements with
(i) water (06marks)
(ii) concentrated sulphuric acid. (06marks)
(c) Write equations for the reactions between
(i) silicon (IV)oxide and hot concentrated hydrofluoric acid. (1½marks)
(ii) trileadtetraoxide and warm dilute nitric acid. (1½marks)
(iii) tin(II) chloride solution and iron(III) sulphate solution. (1½marks)
3. (a) A gaseous alkene Y diffuses 0.57735 times faster than nitrogen gas.
Determine the molecular formula of Y. (03marks)
(b) On ozonolysis followed by hydrolysis, Y produced propanal and propanone
as the major organic products. Identify Y. (01mark)
(c) Write the equation and suggest a mechanism for the reaction between
(i) Y and benzene in the presence of an acid. (04marks)
(ii) Y and bromine water. (04marks)
(iii) propanal and phenyl hydrazine in acidic medium. (04marks)
(d) Using equations only show how Y can be synthesized from propyne. (04marks)
(b) Using equations only show how phenylethanoate can be synthesized from
benzene. (04marks)
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6. (a) 2-nitrophenol and 4-nitrophenol can be prepared by reacting phenol
with dilute nitric acid.
(i) write equation for the reaction. (01mark)
(ii) Which of the two products has a higher melting point.
Explain your answer. (06marks)
(b) 2-nitrophenol and 4- nitrophenol can be separated by steam distillation.
(i) What is meant by steam distillation? (01marks)
(ii) With aid of a labeled diagram , describe how a mixture of
2- nitrophenol and 4- nitrophenol can be separated by steam distillation.
(06marks)
(c) When 50g of a mixture of 2-nitrophenol and 4- nitrophenol was steam distilled at
97oC and 750mmHg , a distillate was found to have a mass of 35g. The vapour
pressure of water at 97oC is 654mmHg. Determine the percentage by mass of
4-nitrophenol in the mixture. (04marks)
(d) State two advantages of steam distillation over fractional distillation. (02mark)
7. Explain each of the following observations
(a) Ethene reacts with bromine to form 1,2- dibromoethane. But when the reaction is
carried out in the presence of sodium chloride solution, 1- bromo- 2- chloroethane
is formed. (05marks)
(b) The solution of 0.1M hydrochloric acid has a pH of 1 whereas that of 0.1M
hydrofluoric acid is 3.8. (04marks)
(c) When cold concentrated hydrochloric acid was added to lead (IV) oxide, brown
solid dissolves to form a pale yellow liquid. However on slight warming, there
was effervescence of a gas. (04marks)
(d) Hydrogen fluoride can be prepared by reacting calcium fluoride with concentrated
sulphuric acid. However hydrogen bromide cannot be prepared from calcium
bromide and concentrated sulphuric acid. (04marks)
(e) When ammonium thiocyanate solution was added to iron (III) chloride solution,
a red blood solution was formed. (03marks)
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