Chemistry

Course summary

WHAT YOU WILL BE TAUGHT: Physical chemistry - Atomic structure - Amount of substance - Bonding - Energetics - Kinetics - Chemical equilibria, Le Chatelier’s principle, and Kc - Oxidation, reduction, and redox equations - Thermodynamics (A level only) - Rate equations (A level only) - Equilibrium constant Kp for homogeneous systems (A level only) - Electrode potentials and electrochemical cells (A level only) - Acids and bases (A level only) Inorganic chemistry - Periodicity - Group 2, the alkaline earth metals - Group 7(17), the halogens - Properties of Period 3 elements and their oxides (A level only) - Transition metals (A level only) - Reactions of ions in aqueous solution (A level only) Organic chemistry - Introduction to organic chemistry - Alkanes - Halogenoalkanes - Alkenes - Alcohols - Organic analysis - Optical isomerism (A level only) - Aldehydes and ketones (A level only) - Carboxylic acids and derivatives (A level only) - Aromatic chemistry (A-level only) - Amines (A-level only) - Polymers (A-level only) - Amino acids, proteins, and DNA (A-level only) - Organic synthesis (A level only) - Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (A level only) - Chromatography (A level only)