Chemistry 9701 · 3 Chemical bonding
3.4 Covalent bonding and coordinate (dative covalent) bonding
Describe covalent and coordinate bonds, sigma/pi bonds, orbital hybridisation, octet expansion, and bond energy/length.
- Questions
- 77
- Years
- 2015–2026
- Multiple choice
- 58
- Written answer
- 19
- Average marks
- 4.3
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- Paper 1variants 11, 12, 13, 1458
- Paper 2variants 21, 22, 23, 2414
- Paper 4variants 41, 425
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| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
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| 2020 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 2016 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 |
| 2015 | – | 8 | 6 | 14 |
