Chemistry: AS Level Organic Reaction Mechanisms

A quiz summarising all of the different reaction mechanisms required for AQA GCE Chemistry (AS)

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1. What is a nucleophile?

  • A neutron
  • A 'nucleus-loving' species
  • A 'nucleus-repelling' species
  • A molecule
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2. What is an electrophile?

  • A molecule
  • An 'electron-repelling' species
  • An 'electron-loving' species
  • An electron

3. What is the mechanism for the production of alcohols from haloalkanes?

  • Electrophilic addition
  • Nucleophilc substitution
  • Elimination
  • Hydration

4. Which of the following pairs of mechanisms have the same reactants, but different products?

  • Nucleophilic substitution/ elimination
  • Free-radical substitution/ nucleophilic substitution
  • Electrophilic addition/ elimination
  • Hydration/ elimination

5. Alcohols are produced with ethanolic solution under raised temperatures.

  • False
  • True

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yovina khiroya

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really hard!

Becki Carroll

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Some of your answers are wrong...

The first one should be Free-Radical Substitution

The last one should be Nucleophillic Substitution

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Soorya Siva

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These questions don't have the right answer as one of the options. Please corrrect.

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