Leaving Cert Chemistry: Chemical Bonding & Molecular Shape questions

How atoms combine and how the resulting structures behave: ionic, covalent and metallic bonding, electronegativity, molecular shape (electron-pair repulsion), and intermolecular forces.

44 past Chemistry questions on this topic, spanning 2015 to 2025, grouped by year. Every question opens on the exact page of the official paper, with its marking scheme beside it.

Chemical Bonding & Molecular Shape question pack

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2025 · 2 questions

Paper 1 · Q850 marks

organic chemistry, reaction schemes, esterification

Paper 1 · Q1050 marks

organic addition reactions, stoichiometry

2024 · 1 question

Paper 1 · Q1150 marks

organic functional groups, water hardness, ozone depletion, iron extraction

2023 · 2 questions

Paper 1 · Q550 marks

atomic structure, electron configuration

Paper 1 · Q850 marks

organic reactions, polymers

2022 · 1 question

Q1050 marks

gas laws, empirical formula

2021 · 2 questions

Q450 marks

atomic structure, short answer

Q1050 marks

reaction rates, stoichiometry

Show 6 earlier years (2015 to 2020)

2020 · 3 questions

Q450 marks

short-answer, atomic structure, gas laws

Q850 marks

organic reactions, reaction mechanisms, polymers

Q1150 marks

empirical formula, corrosion

2019 · 4 questions

Q350 marks

relative molecular mass, gas laws, volatile liquid

Q450 marks

short-answer, atomic structure, mole calculations

Q850 marks

alcohols, oxidation of alcohols, esters

Q1150 marks

chemical equilibrium, greenhouse effect

2018 · 3 questions

Q450 marks

short-answer, atomic structure, oxidation numbers

Q850 marks

structural isomers, oxidation of alcohols

Q1150 marks

ph, industrial chemistry

2017 · 2 questions

Q450 marks

short-answer, periodic table, atomic structure

Q1150 marks

mole calculations, industrial chemistry

2016 · 2 questions

Q450 marks

short-answer, atomic structure, mole calculations

Q1150 marks

stoichiometry, limiting reactant, ozone layer

2015 · 3 questions

Q450 marks

short-answer, atomic structure, mole calculations

Q850 marks

organic reactions, isomers

Q1150 marks

periodic table, chemical equilibrium, greenhouse effect

Chemical Bonding & Molecular Shape question pack

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2025 · 1 question

Paper 1 · Q1150 marks

periodic table, equilibrium, carbon cycle

2024 · 2 questions

Paper 1 · Q450 marks

short answer, isotopes, hazards, carboxylic acids, diffusion, oxidation, aromatic compounds

Paper 1 · Q550 marks

periodic table, electron configuration

2023 · 2 questions

Q450 marks

general chemistry, thermochemistry

Q1050 marks

redox reactions, stoichiometry

2022 · 1 question

Q550 marks

electron configuration

2021 · 1 question

Q550 marks

electron configuration

Show 6 earlier years (2015 to 2020)

2020 · 3 questions

Q650 marks

fuels, combustion, alkanes

Q950 marks

electron configuration, oxidation and reduction, reactivity

Q1150 marks

chemical equilibrium

2019 · 2 questions

Q550 marks

elements, electron arrangement

Q850 marks

alcohols, aldehydes, carboxylic acids, oxidation

2018 · 1 question

2017 · 2 questions

Q750 marks

flame tests, qualitative analysis, anion identification

Q1050 marks

water treatment, stoichiometry, molar volume

2016 · 2 questions

Q550 marks

periodic table, atomic structure, atomic radius

Q1050 marks

chromatography, acids and bases, ph

2015 · 2 questions

Q450 marks

short answer, periodic table, atomic theory, greenhouse gases

Q550 marks

electron configuration, atomic radius

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