TOPIC 19: ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS: AMINES, AMIDES, AMINO ACIDS AND PROTEINS

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1 D (1) (1)

(Total for Question 1 = 1 mark)

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2(a) Lone pair placed on the nitrogen atom (1) Accept any sensible symbols, e.g. (1)
two dots, two crosses
2(b)(i) Reject use of ‒ NH2 once only (2)

(1) (1)
2(b)(ii) The lone pair on the nitrogen atom can accept a proton / hydrogen ion (1) (1)
2(b)(iii) The lone pair of electrons on the nitrogen atom is incorporated into the (1)
delocalised electrons in the benzene ring (1)
2(b)(iv) The nitrogen atom is not directly attached to the benzene ring (1) (2)
and therefore the lone pair cannot become incorporated into the delocalised
electrons (1)

(Total for Question 2 = 7 marks)

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3(a) Glycine does not have a chiral centre / does not have an asymmetric carbon (1)
atom / does not have a carbon atom attached to four different groups (1)
3(b)(i) H2NCH(CH2C6H5)COOH + HCl  Cl‒H3N+CH(CH2C6H5)COOH (1) Accept displayed or skeletal (1)
formulae
3(b)(ii) H2NCH(CH3)COOH + NaOH  H2NCH(CH3)COO‒Na+ + H2O (1) Accept displayed or skeletal (1)
formulae
3(c)(i) H3N+CH2COO‒ (1) Accept displayed or skeletal (1)
formula
3(c)(ii) Alanine H3N+CH(CH3)COOH (1) Accept displayed or skeletal (2)
Phenylalanine H2NCH(CH2C6H5)COO‒ (1) formulae

3(d) (1)

(1)
(Total for Question 3 = 7 marks)

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4(a)(i) Ethanoyl chloride (1) Accept acetyl chloride 1
4(a)(ii) Sodium nitrite (1) Accept sodium nitrate(III) 2
(Dilute) hydrochloric acid (1)
4(b) 2

Two benzene rings joined by N=N (1)

‒O‒ (1)
Accept ‒O‒Na+ or ‒ONa
Reject ‒O‒Na
Reject ‒OH
(Total for Question 4 = 5 marks)

TOTAL FOR ASSESSMENT = 20 MARKS

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