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- Hello Leslie, Paper 1 will be presented in two separate booklets, Section A and Section B, that are completed together without interruption. For bothy sections, the use of a calculator is permitted and students must also have access to a clean...
- Hi David, You are of course correct that the syllabus does not mention diastereomers, so, unless some specific information is given in the rubric of the question, students cannot really be examined on them. However, a structural formula could...
- Hi Geoff - just prepping the 3.2.7 topic. I notice you and the pearson textbook have kept diasteromers in - yet I have found nothing mentioned about this is the subject content for the new course. Do you know if this will come up?
- Dear Geoffrey,Under the new chem syllabus (1st Examination 2025), can students use a calculator when taking their Paper 1A? Thank you for your help.Leslie