Question 1

Chloroethane can be used to make sodium propanoate.

chloroethane ➔ Q ➔ sodium propanoate

The intermediate, Q, is hydrolysed with boiling aqueous sodium hydroxide to give sodium propanoate.

Which reagent would produce the intermediate, Q, from chloroethane?

  A  

concentrated ammonia solution


  B  

dilute sulfuric acid


  C  

hydrogen cyanide in water


  D  

potassium cyanide in ethanol

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Question 2

Pentanenitrile can be made by reaction of 1-bromobutane with potassium cyanide.

Which of these is the correct name for the mechanism of this reaction?

  A  

electrophilic addition

  B  

electrophilic substitution

  C  

nucleophilic addition

  D  

nucleophilic substitution

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Question 3

A two-step preparation of propylamine is shown.

bromoethane ➔ X ➔ propylamine

What is X?

  A  

CH3CH2CH2NH2

  B  

CH3CH2CN


  C  

CH3CH2CH2Br

  D  

CH3CH2NH2

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