Preboards May 2023 Flashcards
(110 cards)
How many moles of H2 are required to completely reduce 15 grams of the unsaturated hydrocarbon?
CH2=CHCH2CH=CH2 + 2H2= CH3CH2CH2CH2CH3
0.442 mol H2
Biochemical compounds are either hydrophilic, hydrophobic or amphipathic. Classify the following compounds: glucose, stearic acid, soaps, fatty acids
Hydrophilic, amphipathic, amphipathic, hydrophobic
popular chemical demonstration is the “magic genie” procedure, in which hydrogen peroxide decomposes to water and oxygen gas with the aid of a catalyst. The activation energy of this (uncatalyzed) reaction is 70.0 kJ/mol. When the catalyst is added, the activation energy (at 20degC) is 42.0 kJ/mol. Theoretically, to what temperature (degC) would one have to heat the hydrogen peroxide solution so that the rate of the uncatalyzed reaction is equal to the rate of the catalyzed reaction at 20degC? Assume the frequency factor A is constant, and assume the initial concentrations are the same.
215degC
Alcohols, phenols, and carboxylic acids all contain an OH group. Which are the strongest acids? Which are the weakest acids?
carboxylic acid – strongest, phenol – weaker, alcohol - weakest
Propanoic acid and methyl acetate are constitutional isomers, and both are liquids at room temperature. One of these compounds has a boiling point of 141°C; the other has a
boiling point of 57°C. Which compound has a higher boiling point?
propanoic acid
One of the few industrial-scale processes that produce organic compounds electrochemically is used by the Monsanto Company to produce 1,4-dicyanobutane. The reduction reaction
is 2 CH2 = CHCN + 2H+ + 2e- –> NC-(CH2)4-CN
The NC-(CH2)4-CN is then chemically reducing using hydrogen gas to H2N-(CH2)6-NH2, which is used in the production of nylon. what current must be used to produce 150 kg NC-(CH2)4-CN per hour?
74400 A
Predict whether each of the following nuclides is stable or unstable (radioactive). If the nuclide is unstable, predict the type of radioactivity you would expect it to exhibit. 45K, 56Fe, 11Na, 194Tl.
unstable-beta production, stable, unstable-positron production, unstable-alpha production
Consider a weak acid, HX. If a 0.10-M solution of HX has a pH of 5.83 at 25degC, what is change in Gibbs energy for the acid’s dissociation reaction at 25degC?
6 kJ/mol
If you had a mole of U.S. dollar bills and equally distributed the money to all of the people of the world, how rich would every person be? Assume a world population of 7 billion.
90 trillion dollars
A rock contains 0.688 mg 206Pb for every 1.000 mg 238U present. Assuming that no lead was originally present, that all the 206Pb formed over the years has remained in the rock, and that the number of nuclides in intermediate stages of decay between 238U and 206Pb is negligible, calculate the age of the rock.
3.8x10^9 years
Whatever the compound, the gram molecular weight contains the same number of molecules, known as Avogadro’s number. It is expressed as:
6.02x10^23 particles per mole
Assume that you could track a single aluminum beverage can (with a mass of 16 g) through several cycles of reclamation and that a 10% “loss” occurred in each recovery cycle. How much new aluminum must be supplied to replace the loss at the end of the third reclamation?
4.3 g
The isotope of an unknown element, X, has a mass number of 79. The most stable ion of the isotope has 36 electrons and forms a binary compound with sodium having a formula of Na2X. Which of the following statements is(are) true?
I. The binary compound formed between X and fluorine will be a covalent compound.
II. The isotope of X contains 38 protons.
III. The isotope of X contains 41 neutrons.
IV. The identity of X is strontium, Sr.
I only
A chemical analysis has revealed the following composition for the rain falling on the city of Thule.
1.38 mg · L^−1 HNO3
3.21 mg · L^−1 H2SO4
0.354 mg · L^−1 HCl
0.361 mg · L^−1 NH3
What is the pH of the rainwater?
4.12
Bacterial cells have been represented by the chemical formula C5H7NO2. Compute the theoretical oxygen demand (in grams O2 · mol^- of cells), assuming the following reactions apply.
224
A sewage lagoon that has a surface area of 10 ha and a depth of 1 m is receiving 8640 m^3 d^- of sewage containing 100 mg · L^- of biodegradable contaminant. At steady state, the effluent from the lagoon must not exceed 20mg· L^- of biodegradable contaminant. Assuming the lagoon is well mixed and that there are no losses or gains of water in the lagoon other than the sewage input, what biodegradation reaction rate coefficient (d^-) must be achieved for a first-order reaction?
0.35
An electron in a hydrogen atom is excited from the ground state to the n = 4 state. Comment on the correctness of the following statements (true or false).
(a) n = 4 is the first excited state.
(b) It takes more energy to ionize (remove) the electron from n = 4 than from the ground state.
(c) The electron is farther from the nucleus (on average) in n = 4 than in the ground state.
(d) The wavelength of light emitted when the electron drops from n = 4 to n = 1 is longer than that from n=4 to n=2.
(e) The wavelength the atom absorbs in going from n=1 to n=4 is the same as that emitted as it goes from n=4 to n=1.
F, F, T, F, T
An ethylene molecule has a total of ___ sigma bonds.
5
How to differentiate alkane alkene and alkyne?
reaction with Br2
Can a hydrogen bond form between
a) Two molecules of methanol, CH3OH?
b) Two molecules of formaldehyde, CH2O?
c) One molecule of methanol, CH3OH, and one of formaldehyde, CH2O?
Yes, No, Yes
Glucose is the only carbohydrate compound that the brain can use for energy. Which pathway is mobilized to supply the need of the brain during starvation?
gluconeogenesis
Which amino acid has the highest percentage nitrogen (g N/100 g amino acid)?
Arginine
Which of the following is true about sunscreen and sunblock between sunblock and sunscreen?
A sunscreen prevents a portion of ultraviolet radiation from reaching protected screen.
Is it possible for an endothermic reaction to have zero activation energy?
No