OCR A Level Chemistry

Topic Questions

6.2 Carbonyl Compounds

11 mark

Carbonyl compounds have distinctive smells. Menthone smells of peppermint.

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Menthone is reacted in a two-step synthesis shown below.

   Step 1: A sample of menthone is added to hot acidified aqueous dichromate(VI) ions.

   Step 2: The resulting mixture from Step 1 is added to NaBH4 in water.

What happens to the smell of the reaction mixture during the process?

  Step 1 Step 2
A Smell of peppermint remains Smell of peppermint is lost
B Smell of peppermint is lost Smell of peppermint returns
C Smell of peppermint remains Smell of peppermint remains
D Smell of peppermint is lost Smell of peppermint does not return

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21 mark

Primary alcohols can be oxidised to aldehydes.

Which row shows the correct reagents and observations for this reaction?

 

Reagent 

Observation

A

Acidified silver nitrate solution

White precipitate forms

B

Fehling’s solution

Brick-red precipitate forms

C

Tollens’ reagent 

Silver mirror forms

D

Acidified potassium dichromate

Colour change from orange to green

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31 mark

Aldehydes can undergo oxidation reactions to form carboxylic acids.

Which equation shows the correct oxidation of an aldehyde to its corresponding carboxylic acid?

  • CH3CH2OH + [O] → CH3COOH + H2

  • CH3CHO + [O] → CH3CHCOOH

  • CH3CH2CHO + [O] → CH3CH2COOH

  • CH3COCH3 + [O] → CH3CH2COOH

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41 mark

Aldehydes and ketones can both react with HCN to form hydroxy nitrile compounds. 

Which is the correct mechanism for this reaction?

  • Electrophilic addition

  • Electrophilic substitution

  • Nucleophilic addition

  • Nucleophilic substitution

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51 mark

Ketones can be reduced to secondary alcohols.

Which reagents and conditions are required to reduce a ketone to a secondary alcohol?

  • Reflux with acidified potassium dichromate solution

  • Heat with aqueous sodium tetrahydridoborate

  • Hydrogen gas at 60 oC with a nickel catalyst

  • Reflux with concentrated hydrochloric acid and a tin catalyst

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11 mark

Which row is correct?

 

Molecule

Reaction

Test on product

Observation of test on product

A

3-methyl butan-2-ol

Reflux

with acidified K2Cr2O7

Tollens’ reagent

Silver mirror

B

3-ethyl pentan-1-ol

Distillation with acidified K2Cr2O7

Acidified KMnO4

Purple to colourless

C

2,2-dimethyl propan-1-ol

Hot Al2O3 catalyst

Bromine water

Purple to colourless

D

2-methyl butan-2-ol

Reflux with acidified K2Cr2O7

2,4-DNPH

Orange precipitate

 

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21 mark

How many isomers with the molecular formula C6H12O react with Tollens’ reagent?

  • 6

  • 7

  • 8

  • 9

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31 mark

Which statements is/are correct about the reduction of 3-methylbutanoic acid?

  1. C4H9COOH (aq) + 4[H] → C4H11OH (aq) + H2O (l)
  2. If insufficient LiAlH4 is added, 2,4-DNPH can be used to show that the reduction is incomplete.
  3. 3-methybut-1-ene will be reduced more easily due to the higher electron density of the C=C bond.
  • 1, 2 and 3

  • Only 1 and 2

  • Only 2 and 3

  • Only 1

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41 mark

Which statements about the addition of the CN- nucleophile is/are correct?

  1. KCN is used instead of HCN because it is not a toxic gas.
  2. Pentan-2-one and propanal would form a racemic mixture.
  3. It allows the maintenance of the carbon chain length. 
  • 1, 2 and 3

  • Only 1 and 2

  • Only 2 and 3

  • Only 1

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51 mark

A student carried out different tests on the following four organic compounds.

Compound A
2-oxopropanoic-acid2-oxopropanoic acid

Compound B
2-chloropropan-2-ol2-chloropropan-2-ol

Compound C
2-chloro-2-hydroxypropanoic-acid2-chloro-2-hydroxypropanoic acid

Compound D
prop-2-en-1-olProp-2-en-1-ol

 

Which row describes the correct results for each test performed on the organic compound?

Compound

Test 1

Result of test 1

Test 2

Result of test 2

A

Tollens’ reagent

Colourless solution

Acidified potassium dichromate

Green solution

B

Plane polarised light

Rotates light 90o

Warmed with NaOH followed by acidified silver nitrate

White precipitate

C

Aqueous sodium carbonate

Effervescence

Warmed with NaOH followed by acidified silver nitrate

White precipitate

D

2,4-DNPH

Orange solution

Bromine water

Orange solution

 

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11 mark

The functional group in an organic compound, W, was identified by carrying out two chemical tests.

The results of the tests are shown below.

Refluxing with acidified sodium dichromate(VI) (aq) Addition of 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (aq)
Orange solution turns green Yellow / orange precipitate formed

Which compound could be W?

  • CH3CH2CH2OH

  • CH3COCH3

  • CH3CH(OH)CH3

  • CH3CH2CHO

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21 mark

What is formed when butanone is heated under reflux with a solution of NaBH4?

  • Butane

  • Butan-1-ol

  • Butan-2-ol

  • Butanal   

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31 mark

Which carbonyl compounds produce a carboxylic acid when they are treated with acidified K2Cr2O7 or Tollens’ reagent?

  • CH3CH2CH2CHO and CH3CH2COCH3

  • CH3CH2CH2CHO and CH3CH2CH(OH)CH3

  • CH3COCH3 and CH3CH2CH2CHO

  • CH3CH2CH2CHO and CH3CH2CHO

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41 mark

The colour of warm acidified sodium dichromate(VI) changes from orange to green when added to compound Y. 1 mol of Y reacts with 2 mol of hydrogen cyanide in the presence of potassium cyanide.

What could Y be?

  • H2C=CHCH2CHO

  • CH3CH2CH2CHO

  • HC(O)CH2CH2CHO

  • CH3COCH2COCH3

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51 mark

The mechanism for the reaction between propanone and hydride ions is shown below

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Which descriptions of the roles of the hydride ions and propanone are correct? 

 

Role of hydride ions

Role of propanone

A

Electrophile

Nucleophile

B

Nucleophile

Electrophile

C

Oxidising agent

Reducing agent

D

Brønsted-Lowry acid

Brønsted-Lowry base

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