CHEMISTRY QUIZ 4

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
1. Catalytic cracking is carried out by oil companies to produce high grade
petrol. The process is carried out using an aluminium oxide catalyst. The
reaction is a type of thermal decomposition.
a. Explain the meaning of thermal decomposition and catalyst. [2
marks]
2. A typical cracking reaction is as follows
CH CH + CH
a. State the name of unsaturated compound in this equation. [1 mark]
3. The table shows some of the products obtained by cracking 100g of
different fractions under the same conditions.
products obtained / g per 100g of fraction cracked

4.

5.

6.

7.
8.
9.

fraction
cracked

hydrogen

ethane

10

paraffin
diesel

methane

ethene

petrol

75

15

30

23

20

17

a. Which fraction is the best source of fuels for cars? [1 mark]

b. Calculate the amount of paraffin fraction needed to make 600g of
methane. [2 marks]
c. Write an equation for the cracking of ethane to produce hydrogen and
ethene. [1 mark]
Ethene can be polymerised to form poly(ethene).
a. Write an equation of two units of ethene forming a poly(ethene). [1
mark]
b. State the name given to the type of polymerisation in (a). [1 mark]
Organic substances have many uses. State the usage for each organic
substances below: [4 marks]
a. Methane
b. Ethanol
c. Ethene
d. Bitumen
Write a chemical equation that shows the reaction of: [4 marks]
a. Fermentation
b. Polymerisation
c. Combustion
d. Cracking
The hydrocarbon CH is an alkane.
a. Define hydrocarbon. [1 mark]
b. Explain why this hydrocarbon is an alkane. [1 mark]
Draw the structure of ethene, showing all atoms and bonds. [1 mark]
Ethene is obtained by cracking alkanes.
a. Explain the meaning of term cracking. [1 mark]
b. What condition is needed to crack alkanes? [1 mark]
c. Write a chemical equation for cracking decane, CH.

10.Some oil companies crack the ethane produced when petroleum is

distilled.
a. Describe the process of fractional distillation which is used to
separate the different fractions in petroleum. [2 marks]
b. State the use of petrol fraction and lubricating fraction. [2
marks]
11.Petrol is a mixture of alkanes. One of the alkanes in petrol is octane. What
products are formed when octane is completely burnt in air? [2 marks]
12.Petrol is only one of the fractions obtained from fractional distillation of
petroleum. State the other two fractions obtained from distillation of
petroleum. Give a use for each of these fractions. [4 marks]
13.The following equation shows how margarine is produced.
Vegetable oil + Hydrogen Margarine
a. State the name of the process used to convert vegetable oil to
margarine. [1 mark]
b. State the catalyst used in the production of margarine. [1 mark]
c. Does soft margarine use more or less hydrogen than harder
margarine? [1 mark]
14.State the name of one alcohol that has more than one carbon atom. Draw
its structural formula. [2 marks]
15.State two uses of alcohol. [2 marks]
16.When 0.02 mole of hydrocarbon X was completely burnt in oxygen,
1920cm of carbon dioxide was formed at room conditions. Hydrocarbon X
decolourises the bromine in tetrachloromethane.
a. Calculate the number of carbon atoms in one molecule of
hydrocarbon X. [4 marks]
b. To which homologous series does X belong? [1 mark]
c. Suggest the molecular formula of hydrocarbon X. [1 mark]
d. Draw all the possible structural formulae of hydrocarbon X. State
the name for all structural formulae. [6 marks]