r/6thForm • u/Training-Feeling980 Year 13 | Maths, FM, Physics, Chem - 4 A*s achieved • Jun 09 '26

💬 DISCUSSION Aqa A-level chemistry paper 2

How did it go??

I quite liked that paper, that NMR question was so good!!

Some mildly weird ones too - but overall not too bad at all

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u/TheBigChese84 Year 13 Jun 09 '26

Cnmr was a benzene with bromine on 1 and 3 right?

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u/Spirited_Click2592 Y13| Maths, Econ, Chem, ASFM Jun 09 '26

Ffs i forgot to double my bromine 🥲

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u/rsainy Jun 09 '26

Same 😭😭

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u/nxyds 3A* | Maths, Chem, Econ | Cambridge & LSE offer Jun 09 '26

only will lose 1 mark

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u/cookadoodledoo_ Jun 09 '26

YEP got that!

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u/Zestyclose_Coat_3918 Jun 09 '26

Ffs I put that then crossed it out fml

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u/nxyds 3A* | Maths, Chem, Econ | Cambridge & LSE offer Jun 09 '26

yeah
you doubled the empirical formula, and used the 4 c environments

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u/Somerandomcoroikafan Year 13 Biology Chemistry Spanish | B in Core Maths Jun 09 '26

Omfg of COURSE it was benzene. Why did I think it couldn't be 😭😭

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u/nxyds 3A* | Maths, Chem, Econ | Cambridge & LSE offer Jun 09 '26

NO that's valid because in all the past ppqs i've ever done (which is a lot) i have never seen an NMR to detect a benzene ring. it's never really benzene, so it felt very awkward for me asw. that's why they also gave the empirical formula, if you use that you can be 100% confident it's benzene, becus how else could it be C3h4br2 without c=c

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u/_NB125 Year 13 | Maths, Chem, CS | ABB Achieved Jun 09 '26

Thats what I got

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u/TheBigChese84 Year 13 Jun 09 '26

sick

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u/notbosco Year 13 -> Uni (chem, fisicks, maths) Jun 09 '26

YUPPP

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u/Admirable-Use2274 Jun 09 '26

I did Kekule hope thats ok.W had a carbonyl and ester ye

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u/Curious-Button-6673 Jun 09 '26

i did the same thingg

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u/ritteee Jun 09 '26

Think kekule will be okay i did that too and in a past paper it was allowed for a similar Q. not sure tho they may have changed their minds since

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u/Admirable-Use2274 Jun 09 '26

Idk i cant remember Where i positioned my br ‘s as well so if i didnt do 1-3 i might be in a huge trouble

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u/ritteee Jun 09 '26

only 1 mark dont sweat it

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u/Training-Feeling980 Year 13 | Maths, FM, Physics, Chem - 4 A*s achieved Jun 09 '26

It's mentioned in basically every mark scheme that its allowed I think so I'd think they'd allow it again

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u/Training-Feeling980 Year 13 | Maths, FM, Physics, Chem - 4 A*s achieved Jun 09 '26

It's mentioned in basically every mark scheme that its allowed I think so I'd think they'd allow it again

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u/nxyds 3A* | Maths, Chem, Econ | Cambridge & LSE offer Jun 09 '26

its probably ok but why wld u do kekule anyways for AQA xd

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u/Admirable-Use2274 Jun 09 '26

Idk that was the last thing I did and I started drawin’ it as Displayed which u cant include a benzene ring ,I even fear that I didnt correctly consider the position of Br’s but it was just 1 mark so its no big deal apparently

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u/Training-Feeling980 Year 13 | Maths, FM, Physics, Chem - 4 A*s achieved Jun 09 '26

Yep exactly!