9701/42 · Oct/Nov 2023

Iodination of propanone: orders from the rate equation, a zero-order graph, and a suggested four-step mechanism.

A benzoic acid and sodium benzoate buffer: pH and concentrations, and the Ksp and solubility of magnesium benzoate.

Vanadium and iron electrode potentials, predicting reactions, cell potentials, and finding the Avogadro constant by electrolysis.

EDTA as a polydentate ligand, stability constants, and colours of copper complexes.

Thermal decomposition of Group 2 ethanedioates, and a manganate(VII) titration to find solubility.

Monodentate ligands, why transition elements form complexes, and geometry and isomerism of rhodium, gold and nickel complexes.

Making benzoic acid from benzene, carbon-13 NMR of methylbenzene, and reactions of benzoic acid.

Polylactic acid as a condensation polymer, proton NMR of lactic acid, and gas-liquid chromatography.

Making diethylamine, relative basicity of amines, azo dyes, and amide formation with ethanoyl chloride.