DP Chemistry (first assessment 2025)

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Reactivity 3. What are the mechanisms of chemical change? » Reactivity 3.4—Electron-pair sharing reactions » Reactivity 3.4.12—The relative stability of carbocations in the addition reactions between hydrogen halides and unsymmetrical alkenes can be used to explain the reaction mechanism. Predict and explain the major product of a reaction between an unsymmetrical alkene and a hydrogen halide or water.

Reactivity 3.4.12—The relative stability of carbocations in the addition reactions between hydrogen halides and unsymmetrical alkenes can be used to explain the reaction mechanism. Predict and explain the major product of a reaction between an unsymmetrical alkene and a hydrogen halide or water.

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22M.2.HL.TZ1.5b(ii):
Explain why the reaction produces more (CH₃)₃COH than (CH₃)₂CHCH₂OH.
22M.2.HL.TZ1.5b(ii):
Explain why the reaction produces more (CH₃)₃COH than (CH₃)₂CHCH₂OH.
22M.2.HL.TZ1.b(ii):
Explain why the reaction produces more (CH₃)₃COH than (CH₃)₂CHCH₂OH.
22M.2.HL.TZ1.5b(ii):
Explain why the reaction produces more (CH₃)₃COH than (CH₃)₂CHCH₂OH.
22M.2.HL.TZ1.5b(ii):
Explain why the reaction produces more (CH₃)₃COH than (CH₃)₂CHCH₂OH.
22M.2.HL.TZ1.b(ii):
Explain why the reaction produces more (CH₃)₃COH than (CH₃)₂CHCH₂OH.
22M.2.HL.TZ1.6b(ii): Draw the structural formula of the carbocation intermediate produced when this electrophile...
22M.2.HL.TZ1.6b(ii): Draw the structural formula of the carbocation intermediate produced when this electrophile...
22M.2.HL.TZ1.b(ii): Draw the structural formula of the carbocation intermediate produced when this electrophile...
22M.2.HL.TZ1.6b(ii): Draw the structural formula of the carbocation intermediate produced when this electrophile...
22M.2.HL.TZ1.6b(ii): Draw the structural formula of the carbocation intermediate produced when this electrophile...
22M.2.HL.TZ1.b(ii): Draw the structural formula of the carbocation intermediate produced when this electrophile...
22M.2.HL.TZ2.8e(i):
Explain the mechanism of the reaction between 1-bromopropane, CH₃CH₂CH₂Br, and aqueous sodium hydroxide, NaOH (aq), using curly arrows to represent the movement of electron pairs.
22M.2.HL.TZ2.8e(i):
Explain the mechanism of the reaction between 1-bromopropane, CH₃CH₂CH₂Br, and aqueous sodium hydroxide, NaOH (aq), using curly arrows to represent the movement of electron pairs.
22M.2.HL.TZ2.e(i):
Explain the mechanism of the reaction between 1-bromopropane, CH₃CH₂CH₂Br, and aqueous sodium hydroxide, NaOH (aq), using curly arrows to represent the movement of electron pairs.
22M.2.HL.TZ2.8e(i):
Explain the mechanism of the reaction between 1-bromopropane, CH₃CH₂CH₂Br, and aqueous sodium hydroxide, NaOH (aq), using curly arrows to represent the movement of electron pairs.
22M.2.HL.TZ2.8e(i):
Explain the mechanism of the reaction between 1-bromopropane, CH₃CH₂CH₂Br, and aqueous sodium hydroxide, NaOH (aq), using curly arrows to represent the movement of electron pairs.
22M.2.HL.TZ2.e(i):
Explain the mechanism of the reaction between 1-bromopropane, CH₃CH₂CH₂Br, and aqueous sodium hydroxide, NaOH (aq), using curly arrows to represent the movement of electron pairs.

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