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HOW WAS CHEMISTRY PAPER 22 ?

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Were they seven or 6? And please, CIE examiners that not that lenient that they'll give u straight marks for just writing a letter and a color change.

Well.. we'll see that when the mark scheme is published. there were 6 compounds, 3 no reaction, and among the 3 others there were an ester, which was hydrolysed by NaOH into and alcohol and a salt
 
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Honestly i didn't find organic difficult this time. The format was different than the the previous years but it was cool plus the paper was easily finished on time.
Im glad im saying this cuz i considered myself weak in organic :D
 
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Source : http://www.chemguide.co.uk/organicprops/carbonyls/oxidation.html

4th paragraph from top:

Because ketones don't have that particular hydrogen atom, they are resistant to oxidation. Only very strong oxidising agents like potassium manganate(VII) solution (potassium permanganate solution) oxidise ketones - and they do it in a destructive way, breaking carbon-carbon bonds.

I guess if chemguide says so, it must be reliable.
So the answer to the last part of the table is that it oxidizes the ketone, and the colour change is from purple to colourless
 
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Source : http://www.chemguide.co.uk/organicprops/carbonyls/oxidation.html

4th paragraph from top:

Because ketones don't have that particular hydrogen atom, they are resistant to oxidation. Only very strong oxidising agents like potassium manganate(VII) solution (potassium permanganate solution) oxidise ketones - and they do it in a destructive way, breaking carbon-carbon bonds.

I guess if chemguide says so, it must be reliable.
So the answer to the last part of the table is that it oxidizes the ketone, and the colour change is from purple to colourless
Howcome they never mentioned in our course book :(
 
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