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AS & A Level Chemistry (9701)

Organic synthesis Banker

19 questions · about 3% of the marks we indexed · examined in 9 of 9 sessions.

Questions by year

2026

  • 2026 May/June · Paper 12 · Q311 markFunctional group identification
  • 2026 May/June · Paper 22 · Q4 (c(ii))2 marksDeducing structures from data
  • 2026 May/June · Paper 22 · Q6 (c(iii))2 marksDistinguishing tests for functional groups
  • 2026 May/June · Paper 42 · Q6 (e(i), e(ii))5 marksMulti-step synthesis routes
  • 2026 May/June · Paper 42 · Q7 (d(i), d(ii))5 marksMulti-step synthesis routes

2025

  • 2025 Oct/Nov · Paper 42 · Q9 (h)2 marksMulti-step synthesis routes
  • 2025 May/June · Paper 42 · Q9 (c(i), c(ii))3 marksMulti-step synthesis routes

2024

  • 2024 Oct/Nov · Paper 12 · Q291 markMulti-step synthesis routes
  • 2024 Oct/Nov · Paper 12 · Q381 markFunctional group identification
  • 2024 Oct/Nov · Paper 22 · Q4 (e(i), e(ii))4 marksDeducing structures from data
  • 2024 May/June · Paper 22 · Q4 (c)3 marksDistinguishing tests for functional groups
  • 2024 May/June · Paper 22 · Q5 (b(ii))1 markDeducing structures from data

2023

  • 2023 Oct/Nov · Paper 12 · Q331 markMulti-step synthesis routes
  • 2023 Oct/Nov · Paper 22 · Q4 (b(iii))4 marksMulti-step synthesis routes
  • 2023 May/June · Paper 22 · Q5 (c(i))2 marksDistinguishing tests for functional groups
  • 2023 May/June · Paper 42 · Q8 (b(i), b(ii), b(iii))7 marksMulti-step synthesis routes

2022

  • 2022 Oct/Nov · Paper 12 · Q371 markMulti-step synthesis routes
  • 2022 Oct/Nov · Paper 22 · Q3 (a(i), c(iv), d)12 marksDeducing structures from data · Distinguishing tests for functional groups · Multi-step synthesis routes
  • 2022 May/June · Paper 22 · Q6 (a, c(iii))3 marksDeducing structures from data · Functional group identification

Find the full paper on the official Cambridge past-papers page or ask your school. “Paper 42” means Paper 4, variant 2.

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Multi-step synthesis routes 10 questions · 7/9 sessions
Distinguishing tests for functional groups 4 questions · 4/9 sessions
Deducing structures from data 5 questions · 5/9 sessions
Functional group identification 3 questions · 3/9 sessions

Subtopics

SubtopicMarks indexedSessions
Multi-step synthesis routes 327/9
Distinguishing tests for functional groups 154/9
Deducing structures from data 95/9
Functional group identification 43/9

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