DP Chemistry (last assessment 2024)
Question 18N.2.hl.TZ0.a
Date | November 2018 | Marks available | [Maximum mark: 1] | Reference code | 18N.2.hl.TZ0.a |
Level | hl | Paper | 2 | Time zone | TZ0 |
Command term | Suggest | Question number | a | Adapted from | N/A |
a.
[Maximum mark: 1]
18N.2.hl.TZ0.a
Carbon dioxide contributes significantly to global warming. It can be used as a raw material with methyloxirane to form polymers.
Suggest why the three-membered ring in methyloxirane is unstable.
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Markscheme
angle between bonds is 60°/strained/smaller than 109.5° ✔
