Aqa chem 4/ chem 5 june 2016 thread

What was the C peak number? I put 8 but apparently its wromg

It was three marks: One for the reagent, one for observations with each

That paper was literally ridiculous. The style of it seemed so different to the previous years, that, and the fact that the wording of the questions were so awkward, I had to read the stem of the questions (especially all those one and two markers) so many times before I could actually figure out what they were saying!

And the worst thing was, I was feeling so ready for this exam which is actually so very rare. I had gone through every single thing in the book and looked at so many past papers, I went in thinking that there was only so much that they could do to make CHEM4 harder. *Snorts* Yeah right.

I knew all my mechanisms inside out, I spent so long memorising them and drawing them all out, figuring out which mechanism corresponds with which compounds. I knew my equilibria - one of the few topics that I was actually quite confident on. I had finally figured out how to find the rate determining step. After months of practice, I could work out the PH of buffer without a problem. I knew my nitration equations, I knew my Friedel-Crafts and my acylation reactions. And did any of that come up?



uh.......no.



Waste of a year. Thanks AQA, I appreciate that.

And here I thought that the exam was actually going to be alright.

(I swear to god, Biology on thursday better not be this bad)

∆G+T∆S=∆H
T∆S= ∆H-∆G
Then divide ∆H-∆G by T to give you ∆S

I know what you mean but could you give an example question so it would be easier to explain?

Thinking of sending AQA this, but with examples and that:

This exam was disproportionately difficult. Not because of the application questions or even question 9, which were difficult, but because of the horrible questions worth few marks that took too long, leading to the last half being rushed and allowing NO opportunity to check through, which you (AQA) yourselves advise us to do, then don't allow us to. I noticed immediately it was strange, as the timing recommended was 80 minutes for section A and 25 minutes for section B, which differs from past papers, and was unrealistic. Truly ridiculous AQA - your choice of questioning will have devastating consequences on the futures of many young people, and definitely did not reward hard work or revision, or even merit knowledge of the A level Chemistry specification. The ONLY way to rectify this situation is to lower the grade boundaries.

Guys even if you feel the paper was fine, even if you feel like you don't care or even if you feel this might not actually do anything, its still worth a try.....

give this and look and signnnnnnn it!!!!!!!

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/lower-grade-boundaries-for-chemistry-unit-4-2016

and share it with everyone, the more awareness the better!!

Thanks What if they asked for ∆H though would that be (∆S - ∆G) / T?

Guys the acylium ion question i swear the ion was different on the benzene ring it had a Cl attached to it! So the ion should have looked different right?? Please reply cuz i added a cl to the structure

Guys the acylium ion question i swear the ion was different on the benzene ring it had a Cl attached to it! So the ion should have looked different right?? Please reply cuz i added a cl to the structure

how many marks would that test for acycl chloride be worth...i didnt see the cl so did tollens reagent instead, stupidly

this helps, i'll remake it in this format, might remember a few