No bonded leather is not real leather. It is made from scraps of leather that are ground up and stuck together with some form of latex. Generally speaking it cannot be sold as real leather
Well, it isn't imaginary... Bonded leather is leather fibers from milled scraps. It is held together by a bonding agent (glue). It is made in a manufacturing process that is similar to paper...
Yes, it gets that name from the chromium compounds are used in the tanning process. Many countries have banned the use of hexavalent chromium in this process because of the adverse health effects.