Chemistry

Course summary

A-level Chemistry attempts to answer the big question ‘what is the world made of’ and it’s ‘the search for this answer’ that makes this subject to fascinating. From investigating how one substance can be changed drastically into another, to researching a new wonder drug to save millions of lives, the opportunities that chemistry provides are endless. Year 12: Physical Chemistry Atomic structure Amount of substance Bonding Energetics Kinetics Chemical equilibria, Le Chatelier’s principle and Kc Oxidation, reduction and redox equations Inorganic Chemistry Periodicity Group 2, the alkaline earth metals Group 7(17), the halogens Organic Chemistry Introduction to organic chemistry Alkanes Halogenoalkanes Alkenes Alcohols Organic analysis Year 13: Physical Chemistry Thermodynamics (A-level only) Rate equations (A-level only) Equilibrium constant Kp for homogeneous systems (A-level only) Electrode potentials and electrochemical (A-level only) Acids and bases (A-level only) Inorganic Chemistry 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 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)