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A Level Chemistry 9701, topic 34.3

Amides: past paper questions

8 Cambridge A Level Chemistry 9701 questions on Amides (34.3) from 8 papers, 2023 to 2025. Open the paper or try a question free.

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Questions
8
Papers
8
Years
2023 to 2025
Total marks
92
Average per question
11.5 marks
Largest question
15 marks

By type: Structured 8

How hard the questions are

  • Recall0
  • Apply3
  • Analyse5
  • Not banded0

Derived from the command word Cambridge prints in each question, banded by a fixed table beside the syllabus's own definitions. A question printing no command word is unbanded: unknown, not middling.

Command words

  • drawApply6 questions
  • identifyRecall5 questions

    name/select/recognise

  • nameRecall5 questions
  • suggestAnalyse5 questions

    apply knowledge and understanding to situations where there are a range of valid responses in order to make proposals / put forward considerations

  • completeApply4 questions
  • compareAnalyse2 questions

    identify/comment on similarities and/or differences

  • describeApply2 questions

    state the points of a topic / give characteristics and main features

  • explainAnalyse2 questions

    set out purposes or reasons / make the relationships between things evident / provide why and/or how and support with relevant evidence

  • giveRecall2 questions

    produce an answer from a given source or recall/memory

  • stateRecall2 questions

    express in clear terms

Where the questions come from

By year

  • 20252
  • 20243
  • 20233

By session

  • May/June2
  • Oct/Nov6

By paper

  • Paper 48

Questions on this topic

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  • Question 9Oct/Nov 2025, paper 41Structured9 marksHas a diagram

    Explain why amides are much weaker bases than amines.

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  • Question 7Oct/Nov 2024, paper 41Structured15 marksHas a diagram

    A reaction scheme is shown in Fig. 7.1. The reagents needed for reaction 2 and reaction 3 are stated. Reaction 5 takes place when C2H5NH2 is mixed with compound V.

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  • Question 8Oct/Nov 2023, paper 41Structured14 marksHas a diagram

    Capsaicin is found in chilli peppers. You should assume the CH3O group is unreactive in the reactions involved in this question. Name all the functional groups in capsaicin in addition to the CH3O group.

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  • Question 8May/June 2024, paper 41Structured8 marksHas a diagram

    Neotame is an artificial sweetener added to some foods. Fig. 8.1 State the number of chiral carbon atoms in a molecule of neotame.

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  • Question 6May/June 2023, paper 42Structured8 marksHas a diagram

    Perindopril is a drug used to treat heart disease. State the number of chiral carbon atoms present in one molecule of perindopril.

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