Edexcel A-Level Chemistry Paper 2, June 2024
Every question from Edexcel A-Level Chemistry Paper 2, June 2024 (9CH0): 8 questions, 90 marks, each with its mark scheme and topic.
- Question 1 8 marks
Answer multiple questions about halogenoalkanes and nitrogen-containing organic compounds covering hydrolysis rates, nucleophilic substitution mechanisms, conditions, and atom economy calculations.
Organic Chemistry · Physical Chemistry · Core Practicals · Core Practical 4: Investigate the hydrolysis of halogenoalkanes · Topic 5: Formulae, Equations and Amounts of Substance · Topic 6: Organic Chemistry I · Topic 18: Organic Chemistry III
- Question 2 6 marks
Identify properties, reactions, and synthesis involving Grignard reagents including solvents, reaction type, organic product with water, and carbonyl compounds forming tertiary alcohols.
Organic Chemistry · Topic 17: Organic Chemistry II · Topic 18: Organic Chemistry III
- Question 3 18 marks
Investigate the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide including its dot-and-cross diagram, redox/disproportionation analysis, kinetics via experimental data, rate equation and constant calculations, gas testing, colour changes, Arrhenius graph gradient and activation energy determination, and collision factor calculation.
Physical Chemistry · Inorganic Chemistry · Organic Chemistry · Topic 2: Bonding and Structure · Topic 3: Redox I · Topic 16: Kinetics II · Topic 4: Inorganic Chemistry and the Periodic Table
- Question 4 6 marks
Discuss the role society and chemists can play in contributing to a more sustainable use and disposal of polymers, considering methods of dealing with waste polymers and how chemists limit the problems caused by their disposal.
Organic Chemistry · Topic 6: Organic Chemistry I
- Question 5 12 marks
Analyze cyclic compounds through reactions including reforming, energy density calculations, free-radical substitution of cyclopentane, and elimination of bromocyclopentane.
Organic Chemistry · Physical Chemistry · Topic 5: Formulae, Equations and Amounts of Substance · Topic 6: Organic Chemistry I
- Question 6 7 marks
Identify NMR region, explain TMS use, define secondary amine, deduce amine structure, and distinguish cyclic alcohol isomers using 13C NMR spectra.
Organic Chemistry · Topic 19: Modern Analytical Techniques II · Topic 18: Organic Chemistry III
- Question 7 17 marks
A multi-part question covering polymers, IUPAC naming, ideal gas equation calculations, electrophilic addition mechanisms, intermolecular forces of alcohols, Avogadro constant calculations, and ester hydrolysis.
Physical Chemistry · Organic Chemistry · Core Practicals · Topic 5: Formulae, Equations and Amounts of Substance · Topic 6: Organic Chemistry I · Topic 17: Organic Chemistry II · Topic 2: Bonding and Structure
- Question 8 16 marks
Analyze amino acid properties, stereoisomers, dipeptide formation, zwitterions, synthetic pathways, and electrophoresis behavior.
Organic Chemistry · Topic 17: Organic Chemistry II · Topic 18: Organic Chemistry III