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9701/42 · Oct/Nov 2024

A Level Structured Questions · 100 marks · 8 questions

  1. Question 114 marks

    First-order kinetics and half-life, how transition metals catalyse (Haber process, catalytic converters, NO₂ with SO₂), and predicting reactions from E⦵ values.

  2. Question 214 marks

    Hydration enthalpies of Na⁺, Mg²⁺ and Al³⁺, an energy cycle for the lattice energy of MgCl₂, entropy, and ΔG for a dissolving salt.

  3. Question 319 marks

    pH and Ksp of calcium hydroxide, the common ion effect, solubility of Group 2 sulfates, conjugate pairs and the pH of an ethanoate buffer.

  4. Question 412 marks

    Cobalt aqua ions with hydroxide, a complex with a tridentate ligand and d-orbital splitting, and a manganate(VII) titration to find a formula.

  5. Question 56 marks

    Stability constants of nickel complexes with ammonia and 1,2-diaminoethane, and the chelate effect.

  6. Question 612 marks

    Reactions of ethanedioic acid (acyl chloride formation, oxidation, acidity) and making a polyester from benzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid.

  7. Question 711 marks

    Chlorination of benzene: the catalyst and the electrophilic substitution mechanism.

  8. Question 812 marks

    Optical isomers of serine, racemic mixtures, and proton and carbon-13 NMR of amino acids.