Indian National Chemistry Olympiad

Theory 2009

The INChO Examination Board when it met in March 2009 reconsidered the solutions to INChO 2009. The answer key to Q.No 7.8 was revised and the answer scripts of all students were reassessed for this question. In light of the above, all students whose marks have changed are being sent fresh performance cards. The OCSC list for chemistry which is displayed on the website has been prepared taking into account this change of marks.

Equivalent Solutions may exist. Problem 1 Hydrogen atom

1.1
.4 5 5 1 9 J 0 1

1.2

10.2 eV

1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6

121.9

nm

2 Ans: 16 Ground state energy = 13.6 eV

K .E =+ 3 1 .6 e V P .E = 7 2 .2 eV

1.7

a) Ans : 4 b) 2

1.8

79.0 eV

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Indian National Chemistry Olympiad Problem 2 Nitrogen containing compounds

2.1 ii)
H5 C 2 H N + C3 H 7 CH3

Theory 2009

2.2

ii)
N H H
+

2.3

a)

CH3COCHN2

b)

Br N NH2

or N

Br NH2

2.4
N

_
CH2

OH N CH2 C H

B 2.5 i) D is more basic than E

2.6 N H G

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2.7 i) C16H13NO4

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2.8

COOH

COOH

COOH

SO3H OH
MeO MeO COOH COOH

OH OH

OCH3

OCH3

2.9

i)

2.10 HOOC HOOC

COOH

N K

2.11 iii)

MeO MeO N CH2 OMe OMe

2.12

HOOC HOOC N C=O

OMe OMe

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Indian National Chemistry Olympiad Problem 3 Chemistry of silicon

3.1 i) CO2
O

Theory 2009

ii) SiO2
C O
Si O O O

3.2.

b) carbon has small size and forms a bond with good overlap whereas silicon has larger size hence has a poor overlap

3.3

b) silicon has larger atomic size than carbon c) silicon has 3d orbitals which form an sp3d2 hybrid orbitals

3.4

C > Si > Ge

3.5 3.6

c)

bond strength Si + 2CO

SiO2 + 2C

3.7

Si + 2Cl2 SiCl4 + 2H2

SiCl4 Si + 4HCl

3.8 3.9

b) impurities are more soluble in liquid phase than in solid c) silicon has low lying unoccupied orbitals

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3.10

Theory 2009

n= 12

3.11
44-

or

3.12

A = Ph2SiCl2
Linear polymer
Ph B = O Si Ph O Ph Si Ph O

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Indian National Chemistry Olympiad Problem 4 Natural compounds and intermediates

4.1 b) 256

Theory 2009

4.2 H3C-(CH2)10 C H C (CH2)2 H O C O

CH3

4.3

a)
CH3
H

CH3

HO

H OH

b)

CH3 HO HO

CH3

c) i)
CH3

CH3
H

HO

OH

ii)
CH3

CH3
H

OH

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iii)
CH3

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CH3

OH

OH

Br

4.4

+OH

Intermediate D

or

Intermediate E [Note: Conversion of DE involves formation of a more stable species]

4.5

CH3 H5C2O

CH3

+
G O

+
H3CO O H

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4.6

Theory 2009

J
Br

BrH2C
L M

4.7

N2

CO2
N2

or

N2

COO -

COOH

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Indian National Chemistry Olympiad Problem 5 Chemical kinetics

5.1 [A]

Theory 2009

t 5.2
[B]

t 5.3 a)
d [ A] = k dt

b) c)

[ A] = [ A]0 kt
t 0 .5 = [ A]0 2k

5.4

a) b)

0 0.11 torr/s 1 2.3 x 10-5 s-1 3240 years

5.5

a) b)

5.6

(i) ii)

3.05 x 10-7 mol 6.3 1016

17 iii) 1.9 10

iv)

6.2

10 23 m 1 ol

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Indian National Chemistry Olympiad Problem 6 A.

6.1.

Theory 2009

Kinetic theory of gases and Gas Laws

i) Curve Curve a Curve b Curve c Temperature 100K 300K 700 K

ii)

True

6.2

Curve Curve a Curve b Curve c Curve d

Gas H2 CH4 NH3 Ar

6.3

iii) H2 < CH4 < NH3

6.4

2 atm

6.5

134.7 J

6.6

6.7 %

B.
6.7 Solid/vapor

6.8

T= 217 K and P = 5.2 atm

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6.9 Gm

Theory 2009

6.10

T a) All the three phases are in equilibrium b) Molar Gibbs energy for the three phases is the same

6.11

a) increase

6.12

Single

6.13 Gm

P1 A B

P2 Y

B A P3

Point P1 is any point between X and Y Point P3 is any point between Y and Z Point P2 is point Y

0 6.14

a) K decreases as the temperature rises

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Indian National Chemistry Olympiad Problem 7 Acid-Base chemistry Part A

7.1 7.2 7.3 Part B 7.4 CO32 + H+

Theory 2009

a) 4.4

b)

c)

Methyl orange

HCO3

HCO3 + H+ H2CO3 7.5 a) 1.104 x 10 3 mol HCl b) 3.944 x 10 3 mol HCl 7.6 46.8 % Na2CO3 29.1 % NaHCO3

or H2O + CO2

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Indian National Chemistry Olympiad

Theory 2009

7.7

14.0

12.0

10.0

pH

8.0

6.0

4.0

2.0

0.0 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 Volume of40.0 50.0 HCl (mL) 60.0

7.8

i) The total volume of HCl required to reach the 2nd end point is twice that of the first one ii) Number of moles of CO32 is equal to the number of moles of HCO3 at some point on this curve iii) Number of moles of HCO3 is equal to twice the number of moles of CO3 2 at some point on this curve

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