DP Chemistry (first assessment 2025)
Question 22M.1A.HL.TZ1.29
Date | May 2022 | Marks available | [Maximum mark: 1] | Reference code | 22M.1A.HL.TZ1.29 |
Level | HL | Paper | 1A | Time zone | TZ1 |
Command term | Deduce | Question number | 29 | Adapted from | N/A |
29.
[Maximum mark: 1]
22M.1A.HL.TZ1.29
Which compound produces this mass spectrum?
[Spectral Database for Organic Compounds, SDBS. SDBS Compounds and Spectral Search. [graph] Available at:
https://sdbs.db.aist.go.jp [Accessed 3 January 2019].]
[1]
Markscheme
C
Examiners report
Question 29 contained a mass spectrum and 44% of students chose the correct answer of C - ethanoic acid. There were comments that this was unfair without access to the data booklet. However, as the other molecules are clearly wrong this did not seem so difficult to do without the data booklet as they did have the periodic table.
Syllabus sections
Structure 3. Classification of matter » Structure 3.2—Functional groups: Classification of organic compounds » Structure 3.2.8—Mass spectrometry (MS) of organic compounds can cause fragmentation of molecules. Deduce information about the structural features of a compound from specific MS fragmentation patterns.