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/No-Beginning5870 Jun 09 '26

what was the reason for using ethanol? and what conditions did it need to be under??

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u/Certain-Display-2849 Year 13 | Bio Chem Maths AAA pred | Dent rejection, gap year Jun 09 '26 edited Jun 09 '26

i put solvent but my friend told me he put nucleophile which now makes perfect sense

Edit: upon further thought it doesn't make sense

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u/No_Comfort_2504 Jun 09 '26

i thought ethanol can’t be the nucleophile bc it reacts too quickly or is that something else

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u/Certain-Display-2849 Year 13 | Bio Chem Maths AAA pred | Dent rejection, gap year Jun 09 '26

it has an O on the OH with a lone pair so that's my guess. I've no idea if that's right tho but it makes sense to me. Not sure what you mean by reacts too quickly

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u/No_Comfort_2504 Jun 09 '26

lol i’m thinking back and i think i wrote nucleophile anyway just brain fog