From Paper 2: Advanced Organic and Physical Chemistry
6(a)3 marks
Explain why benzene undergoes substitution rather than addition with bromine.
From Paper 2: Advanced Organic and Physical Chemistry
6(b)4 marks
Outline the mechanism for the reaction of benzene with ethanoyl chloride, including formation of the electrophile.
From Paper 2: Advanced Organic and Physical Chemistry
6(c)3 marks
Explain why phenol reacts with bromine water at room temperature but benzene does not.
From Paper 2: Advanced Organic and Physical Chemistry
7(a)4 marks
Draw the dipeptide formed from glycine (H₂NCH₂COOH) and alanine (H₂NCH(CH₃)COOH), and describe how the amino acids can be identified after hydrolysis.
From Paper 2: Advanced Organic and Physical Chemistry
7(b)3 marks
Explain the difference between addition and condensation polymerisation, with an example of each.
From Paper 2: Advanced Organic and Physical Chemistry
9*6 marks
Devise a synthesis of N-phenylethanamide from benzene. Give the reagents and conditions for each step, and name the type of reaction.
From Paper 2: Advanced Organic and Physical Chemistry
12(a)4 marks
Describe how methylmagnesium bromide is prepared and how it can be used to make 2-methylpropan-2-ol from propanone. Give equations and conditions.
From Paper 3: General and Practical Principles in Chemistry
11(h)1 mark
Which compound reacts with both HCl and NaOH?
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