PHAR105 General Chemistry, Working Problems

Hayati Celik,Ph.D

PHAR 105 General Chemistry – Working Problems – Midterm Exam

1) Oxycaine® is a local nerve blocking anesthesia with a molecular weight of 252.31 g/mol having the following
composition (by mass), Carbon 61.88%, Hydrogen 7.99%, Nitrogen 11.10%, and Oxygen 19.02%. Determine
the molecular formula for Oxycaine®.
2) The club drug known as Extacy or MDMA (3,4−MethyleneDioxy−N−methamphetamine) is almost
always distributed as its hydrochloride salt, which has the overall molecular formula, C11H16NO2Cl. As with
many acidic chloride salts of alkaloids, the formula is often written with (HCl) separated out,
C11H15NO2ꞏHCl.
a) Calculate the percent composition of each element MDMA hydrochloride C11H15NO2ꞏHCl.
b) Calculate the overall percentage (by mass) of HCl in methylenedioxymethamphetamine hydrochloride.
3) a) Write balanced molecular, complete ionic and net ionic equations for the following processes
occurring in solution. If no reaction occurs, write No Reaction.
Balanced Molecular Equation:

___ (NH4)2CO3 (aq) + ____ BaCl2(aq)  _________________________________________

Balanced Complete Ionic Equation:____________________________________________
Balanced Net Ionic Equation:_________________________________________________
b) Classify each material below as a Strong Electrolyte, Weak Electrolyte, or Non-Electrolyte
Al(OH)3 , HN3 , C8H10 , HC3H5O2
c) Show complete and net ionic equations for the reaction of manganese with sulfuric acid.
4) a) Which of the solutions given below would you expect to have the greatest electrical conductivity?
A) 0.25M HI B) 0.25M HF C) 0.25M C2H6 D) 0.25M CH3NH2
b) Which of the substances listed below would you expect to be an insoluble ionic salt?
A) NH4Cl B) Sr(OH)2 C) ZnSO4 D)PbI2
c) Which of the following ions would be present in an aqueous solution of K2CO3?
A) CO3- B) K22+ C) K+ D) O2-
d) Which of the following pairs of compounds can be used to illustrate the law of multiple proportions?
A) NH4 and NH4Cl B) ZnO2 and ZnCl2 C) H2O and HCl D)NO and NO2
5) Aluminum metal will react with hydrochloric acid to produce hydrogen gas according to the equation
below
2 Al (s) + 6 HCl (aq) → 2 AlCl3 (aq) + 3 H2 (g)

a) How may grams of hydrogen gas can be produced by the reaction of 20.0 grams of aluminum metal
with 150.0 ml of 6.00M HCl? The density of aluminum metal is 2.70 g/cm3
b) How many grams of unreacted starting material are present at the completion of the reaction?
6) Using the rules of significant figures:
଺.ଵ଺଻ା଼ଷ
a) =
ହ.ଵ଴

b) 4.0021-0.004 =
c) The melting point of lead is 327 oC. What is this on the Fahrenheit scale?

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 PHAR105 General Chemistry, Working Problems
Hayati Celik,Ph.D

7) The element rhenium (Re) exists as two stable isotopes. How many protons and neutrons do Re-185
have?
8) How many protons, neutrons and electrons do Ca2+ have?
9) Give the name of chemical formula, as appropriate, for each of the following molecular substances
a) SF6, b) IF5, c) XeO3, d) dinitrogen tetroxide e) hydrogen cyanide, d) tetraphosphorus hexasulfide
10) Which of the following does not involve oxidation-reduction?
A) CH4 + 3 O2  2 H2O + CO2
B) Zn + 2 HCl  ZnCl2 + H2
C) 2 Na + 2 H2O  2NaOH + H2
D) MnO2 + 4 HCl  Cl2 + 2 H2O + MnCl2
E) All are oxidation-reduction reactions
11) The copper salt with the formula (CH3CH(OH)COO)2CuxH2O(s) is prepared by mixing
CH3CH(OH)COONa and an aqueous copper(II) solution. The formed solid is found to contain 22.9%
Cu and 26.0% C by mass. Write the complete formula of the hydrate (you must find x). (Carry at least
3 significant figures throughout your calculations!)

12) Let’s assume you have a sample of homogeneous liquid as shown in the
figure. What can you say about the type of the liquid? How would you
prove that your answer is correct?

13) You see a periodic table of elements in this question. As you

can see the elements are organized in a systematic manner.
Explain the logic behind this organization of elements by
relating their position to their physical and chemical properties.

14) If a vehicle travels 201 kilometers with a gas (C8H18(l)) consumption of 31.4 km per gallon, how many
kilograms of CO2 are formed in the combustion reaction of C8H18? (d= 0.69 g/mL for C8H18(l))
15) In a chemical reaction, C2H2 and O2 are reacted in equal mass of 10.0 grams. After the reaction is
completed, carbon dioxide and water are produced. Calculate the amounts of each component of this
reaction left in the reaction mixture after the reaction is complete in grams? Show your calculation in
details. (Carry out your calculation within 3 significant figures)
16) An organic compound was found to contain only C, H, and Cl (CxHyClz). When a 1.50 g sample of the
compound was completely combusted in air, 3.52 g of carbondioxide was formed. In a separate
experiment the chlorine in a 1.00 g sample of the compound was converted to 1.27 g of silver chloride.
Determine the empirical formula of the compound as CxHyClz.

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