Chemistry · BGCSE / Organic chemistry

StructuredPast exam questionForm 5 · BGCSE

Carbon forms many organic compounds which fall into various homologous series.

  1. aExplain why carbon is able to form many organic compounds. [1]
  2. bDescribe the structural formulae of ethyl ethanoate and butanoic acid showing all bonds (draw them on paper). [2]
  3. cExplain why ethyl ethanoate and butanoic acid are said to be structural isomers. [2]
  4. dDescribe a chemical test to distinguish between ethyl ethanoate and butanoic acid. [5]

You'll mark your own answer against the marking guide when you hand it in.

Source: BEC BGCSE Chemistry 2008, Paper 3, Question 2(b)
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