Chemistry 9701/13 Oct Nov 2011 | Cambridge AS Level Past Papers With Mark Scheme

1. Halogen reactions with hydrogen and methane, bond energy calculations for chlorine and bromine, reaction conditions, and product formation in halogenoalkanes.
2. Rate-determining steps in acetal formation, rate law determination from experimental data, calculation of equilibrium constants and reaction rates for acetal reactions.
3. Bonding and orbital theory, transition element chemistry in octahedral complexes, color change explanations due to ligand field splitting, and X-ray crystallography for molecular structure determination.
4. Cracking conditions for hydrocarbons, reactions of but-2-ene with various reagents, isomer identification, and polymerization to poly(butene).
5. Functional group identification in organic compounds, reactions with sodium bicarbonate and other reagents, molecular structure determination, and stereoisomerism analysis.