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Chemistry A · OCR H432 · Synthesis and analytical techniques · June 2023

OCR A Level Chemistry A Synthesis and analytical techniques June 2023 examiner report (H432/02)

2h 15m 100 marks

Examiner report

  1. Q1 - 1 mark - NMR spectroscopy
  2. Q2 - 1 mark - Tests for organic functional groups
  3. Q3 - 1 mark - Naming organic compounds
  4. Q4 - 1 mark - Organic synthesis routes
  5. Q5 - 1 mark - Naming organic compounds
  6. Q6 - 1 mark - Benzene and aromatic chemistry
  7. Q7 - 1 mark - Naming organic compounds
  8. Q8 - 1 mark - Amounts of substance in equations, Properties of hydrocarbons
  9. Q9 - 1 mark - NMR spectroscopy
  10. Q10 - 1 mark - Mass spectrometry
  11. Q11 - 1 mark - Infrared spectroscopy
  12. Q12 - 1 mark - Acylation and nucleophilic addition-elimination
  13. Q13 - 1 mark - Naming organic compounds
  14. Q14 - 1 mark - Carbon–carbon bond formation, Esters
  15. Q15 - 1 mark - Shapes of molecules and ions
  16. Q16 - 15 marks - Amounts of substance in equations, Free-radical substitution, Intermolecular forces, Properties of hydrocarbons
  17. Q17 - 14 marks - Alcohols, Elimination reactions, Halogenoalkanes, NMR spectroscopy, Oxidation of alcohols
  18. Q18 - 11 marks - Electrophilic substitution, Organic synthesis routes, Percentage yield
  19. Q19 - 6 marks - Carbon–carbon bond formation, Electrophilic addition, Organic synthesis routes
  20. Q20 - 10 marks - Amounts of substance in equations, Carboxylic acids, Condensation polymerisation, Esters, Moles and amount of substance, Phenols
  21. Q21 - 9 marks - Amino acids, Condensation polymerisation, Naming organic compounds, Optical isomerism
  22. Q22 - 14 marks - Acylation and nucleophilic addition-elimination, Addition polymerisation, Electrophilic addition, Nucleophilic addition
  23. Q23 - 6 marks - Instrumental methods, Tests for organic functional groups