27 Amines

OCR Chemistry A Exam-style questions

1 Explain the following terms.

a Secondary amine

(1 mark)

b Condensation polymerisation

(1 mark)

c Optical isomers

(1 mark)

d BrønstedLowry base

(1 mark)

e Polyester

(1 mark)

2 The α-amino acid lysine has the structure shown below:

a Explain why lysine is described as an α-amino acid.

(2 marks)

b Lysine displays the property of optical isomerism, so it exists as a pair of

optical isomers.
i Describe the structural feature in the lysine molecule that results in the
property of optical isomerism.

(1 mark)

ii Draw a diagram to show how the structure of the two optical isomers are related.

(2 marks)

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c Lysine can react with both hydrochloric acid, and sodium hydroxide.
Draw out the structural formula of the product formed when lysine reacts with:
i sodium hydroxide solution

(1 mark)

ii excess hydrochloric acid

(1 mark)

iii ethanol, in the presence of concentrated sulfuric acid.

(1 mark)

3 Chiral amines, possessing one or more chiral centres, are used as starting
materials for the synthesis of several useful catalysts.
a Molecule A has several chiral centres:

Molecule A
On the diagram above, circle all of the chiral centres in molecule A.

(2 marks)

b Molecule A reacts with 2-chloropropane. Complete this diagram to show the

structure of the organic product of this reaction.

(2 marks)

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4 The reaction scheme below shows a sequence of reactions involving the formation and
reaction of amine groups.

a Identify the reagents and reaction conditions necessary for reactions 1 and 2.

Reaction 1:

Reaction 2:

(3 marks)
b i Give the name of the organic molecule formed as a result of reaction 1.

(1 mark)

ii Identify the new functional group that is formed in reaction 2.

(1 mark)

5 Addition and condensation reactions can be used to form a range of polymers.

a One polymer, A, has the structure shown below.

i Name the monomer molecule from which polymer A can be formed.

(1 mark)

ii State, with a reason, the type of polymerisation that would be used to form polymer A.

(1 mark)

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b A monomer, B, used to produce a second polymer has the structure shown below.
CH3CH(NH2)CHC(CH3)2
i Draw out the structural formula of the repeat unit in the polymer formed
from monomer B, showing clearly the bonds that link the repeat units
together.

(2 marks)

ii State, with a reason, the type of polymerisation used to form a polymer

from monomer B.

(1 mark)

c A condensation polymer, C, has the structure shown below.

i Polymer C is hydrolysed by refluxing with excess 4.0 mol dm3

hydrochloric acid. Draw out the structure of the two organic species that
will be formed at the end of this hydrolysis.

(3 marks)

ii State one other method of hydrolysing polymer C, describing how the

products of hydrolysis will differ from those formed in acid hydrolysis.

(3 marks)

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