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A paper of Chemistry, 9701
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For Examiner’s Use Sulfur and its compounds are found in volcanoes, in organic matter and in minerals. Sulfuric acid, an important industrial chemical, is manufactured from sulfur by the Contact process. The Contact process may be considered to be a three-stage process in which sulfur is converted into sulfuric acid. Each stage consists of a single chemical reaction. Write a balanced equation for each of these reactions in the correct sequence. Where appropriate, use to indicate that the reaction is an equilibrium. first reaction second reaction third reaction Give three different operating conditions that are used in the second stage. condition 1 condition 2 condition 3 State one large scale use of sulfuric acid. Most of the sulfur that is used in the Contact process is recovered from sulfur compounds present in crude oil and natural gas by using the Claus process. In this process, about one third of the hydrogen sulfide, H2S, present in the oil or gas, is converted into sulfur dioxide, SO2. Balance the equation for this reaction. H2S + O2 SO2 + H2O For Examiner’s Use The SO2 formed is then reacted catalytically with the remaining H2S, producing sulfur and water. 2H2S + SO2 3S + 2H2O What are the oxidation numbers of each of the sulfur-containing substances in this reaction? H2S SO2 S Which substance is reduced? Explain your answer. substance explanation The sulfur present in crude oil is removed in order to prevent the formation of sulfur dioxide when fuels such as petrol or diesel fuel are burned in internal combustion engines. Other substances that may be present in the exhaust gases of motor vehicles include CO, CO2, NO/NO2, and unburnt hydrocarbons. The emission of sulfur dioxide can produce ‘acid rain’. Outline, with the aid of equations, how acid rain is formed from the exhaust gases of motor vehicles. State one environmental effect of acid rain. Sulfur dioxide is used to preserve dried fruits and vegetables. What chemical property of SO2 enables it to be used as a food preservative?
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For Examiner’s Use Astronomers using modern spectroscopic techniques of various types have found evidence of many molecules, ions and free radicals in the dust clouds in Space. Many of the species concerned have also been produced in laboratories on Earth. Two such species are the dicarbon monoxide molecule, C2O, and the amino free radical, NH2. Dicarbon monoxide can be produced in a laboratory and analysis of it shows that the sequence of atoms in this molecule is carbon-carbon-oxygen and there are no unpaired electrons, but one of the atoms is only surrounded by six electrons. Draw a ‘dot-and-cross’ diagram of C2O and suggest the shape of the molecule. shape What is meant by the term free radical ? Explain why NH2 is described as a ‘free radical’. Two derivatives of ethene which have been detected in dust clouds in Space are acrylonitrile (2-propenenitrile), CH2=CHCN, and vinyl alcohol , CH2=CHOH. Like ethene, acrylonitrile can be polymerised. The resulting polymer can be used to make carbon fibres. Draw the structural formula of the polymer made from acrylonitrile, showing two repeat units. What type of polymerisation is this reaction? For Examiner’s Use Vinyl alcohol cannot be polymerised in the same way as acrylonitrile because it will readily isomerise into another common organic compound, Z. Suggest the structural formula of the organic compound Z. Suggest the structural formula of another isomer of vinyl alcohol which has a cyclic structure. Acrolein (2-propenal), CH2=CHCHO, has also been found in Space. Give the structural formulae of the organic compounds formed when acrolein is reacted separately with each of the following reagents. reagent product Br2 in an inert solvent NaCN + dilute H2SO4 Tollens’ reagent NaBH4
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