BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE-PILANI, K.K.

BIRLA GOA CAMPUS

FIRST SEMESTER 2014-2015, COURSE TITLE: GENERAL CHEMISTRY,
Comprehenisive Examination (CLOSED BOOK)
COURSE NO: CHEM F111
TOTAL MARKS: 80
Duration: 3 hours
Date: 08/12/2014

SOLUTIONS

1i

1ii, a, b

1iii

[2]

Sl. No.

Molecule
or
ion or complex

Degrees of Freedom

Translational

Rotational

Vibrational

(i)

[Fe(CN)6]4

33

(ii)

CN

(iii)

Benzene

30

(iv)

Carbon dioxide 3

(v)

[Co(NH3)6]3+

69

Full marks will be given only if all the values are correct for a particular system 2x5=10

Thus q = 6048.46 J ; w = -1659.46 J; U = 4.389 kJ ; H = qP = 6.048 kJ.

q(4)

w(3)

U(2)

H(2)

6048.46 J

-1659.46 J

4.389 kJ

6.05 kJ

3 +2+2+ 2

SOLUTION
4 (i)

From the molar entropies of reactants and products

=

2 4

304.29 JK mol

=
(191.61 JK 1 mol1 + 2 205.138 JK 1 mol1 )
= -297.6 JK 1 mol1

(1 M)

= = 9160/ (298 297.6 JK 1 mol1 )

= 97844.8 J/mol or ~97.85 kJ/mol
= => = 97844 .8 /

8.314 1 1 298

= 7.075 1018 (1 M)

The formation reaction is endergonic

(ii)

1.110 11 1
2

1
2

249 / 1000
8.314 1 1

(2 M)

(1 M)
1

(1 M)

295
305

= 29949.5(3.2810-33.3910-3)
= -3.2944 => k2 = 2.96 1012 s-1
For finding A: 1 =

2 =

1.1 1011 1 = 249 / 1000

A = 1.36 1055 s-1

(2 M)

8.314 1 1 295

(2 M)

3 + 1+ 2+ 3 +2

2 + 3+ 3 + 2

7i
Write/Mention

Modern
Formulae of
complex
Geometry

[Pt(NH3)2Br2]

Square planar (1)

Tetrahedral (weak) or
Square planar (if NH3 considered as
strong) (1)

Isomers

Cis and
trans/geometric/stereoisomer (1)

No isomers or
Geometric (strong) (1)

7 ii

(0.5)

[Co(NH3)2Br2]

(0.5)

7 iii

1 +1 +1

[FeF6]3-

[Fe(CN)6]3-

-2o

[Co(Cl)4]2-

-1.2.t

[NiF6]4-

-1.2.o

[Co(H2O)6]3+

2x 5 =10

- 0.4o/
-2.4o water is considered
weak/strong filed from spectrochemical
series