99-AL CHEM PAPER 1 HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY HONG KONG ADVANCED LEVEL EXAMINATION 1999 CHEMISTRY A-LEVEL PAPER 1 Question-Answer Book 8.30 am-11.30 am (3 hours) This paper must be answered in English ‘There are THREE. sections Section A, Section B and Section C. this paper, Section A carries 60 marks, Section B carries 20 marks, and Scetion C carries 20 marks. All questions in Sections A and Bate COMPULSORY. Answers are 10 be written in this Question-Answer Book. If you use supplementary answer sheet(s) for this. two sections, write your Candidate Number on each sheet and fasten them with string 10 this Question-Answer Book. Answer ONE question in Section C. Answers are to be written in the AL(D) Answer Book, Write your Candidate Number, Centre Number and Seat Number in the spaces provided on this cover. ‘Some useful constants and a Periodic Table are respectively printed on pages 18 and 19 of this Question-Answer Book. CSBERR REM Hong Kong Examinations Authority All Rights Reserved 1999 9-AL+CHEM 1-1 Candidate Number! Centre Number Seat Number ‘Marker's Use Only Marker No. Examiner's Use Only Examiner No, 88 Total Checker's Use Only Checker No. A Total B Total |Qu { Page Total | SECTION A Answer ALL questions in this Section, Write your answers in the spaces provided. 1 (a) At 433 K, 0.569 g of aluminium chloride produces a vapour having a volume of 96.0 em? and a pressure of 80.0 kPa. (Assuming that the aluminium chloride vapour behaves as an ideal gas, calculate its molar (kPa= 110°) (ii) Deduce the molecular formula of aluminium chloride under the above conditions and suggest a structure consistent with this formula, (5 marks) 99-AL-CHEM |-2Qs Page Total 3. (b)__ Consider the following reactions CHO ; Cr HCN, (1) LiAtH, sp @Q) Hj0" (@) —— Givethe structures of D and £, D: E Gi) Name the type of reaction involved in the formation of D and outline the mechanism of the reaction, (S marks) =10- Enno