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OCR A-level Chemistry A H432: November 2021

The papers, mark schemes and reports OCR publishes for the November 2021 series of H432: 10 files, grouped by the component they belong to.

Checked against OCR’s own listing on 29 October 2026.

The 2021 series was held in the autumn rather than June.

The files, by component

Paper 1: Periodic table, elements and physical chemistry

H432/01 · 2 hours 15 minutes · 100 marks

Units this paper draws on: Working in the laboratory, Atomic structure, Amount of substance, Bonding and structure, Energetics, Kinetics, Chemical equilibria, Redox, Thermodynamics, Rate equations, Electrochemistry, Acids and bases, Periodicity and Period 3, Group 2 and Group 7, Transition metals, Ions in aqueous solution.

Paper 2: Synthesis and analytical techniques

H432/02 · 2 hours 15 minutes · 100 marks

Units this paper draws on: Working in the laboratory, Atomic structure, Amount of substance, Bonding and structure, Redox, Introduction to organic chemistry, Alkanes and halogenoalkanes, Alkenes and alcohols, Organic analysis, Carbonyls and carboxylic acids, Aromatic chemistry and amines, Organic synthesis.

Paper 3: Unified chemistry

H432/03 · 1 hour 30 minutes · 70 marks

Units this paper draws on: every unit.

For the whole series

Published for the sitting rather than for one component.

The papers in this series

The series either side

November 2020, the series before · June 2022, the series after.

Every sitting of H432 examines the same structure; what changes is the questions. The H432 past papers page has the whole list of series, and the OCR Chemistry A specification map says which headings this library teaches.

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