Chemistry A Level (level 3)

Topics covered:

Physical chemistry

1 Atomic structure; 2 Amount of substance; 3 Bonding; 4 Energetics; 5 Kinetics; 6 Chemical equilibria, Le Chatelier’s principle and Kc; 7 Oxidation, reduction and redox equations; 8 Thermodynamics; 9 Rate equations;10 Equilibrium constant Kp for homogeneous systems; 11 Electrode potentials and electrochemical cells; 12 Acids and bases

Inorganic chemistry

1 Periodicity; 2 Group 2, the alkaline earth metals; 3 Group 7(17), the halogens; 4 Properties of Period 3 elements and their oxides; 5 Transition metals; 6 Reactions of ions in aqueous solution

Organic chemistry

1 Introduction to organic chemistry; 2 Alkanes; 3 Halogenoalkanes; 4 Alkenes; 5 Alcohols; 6 organic analysis; 7 Optical isomerism; 8 Aldehydes and ketones; 9 Carboxylic acids and derivatives; 10 Aromatic chemistry; 11 Amines; 12 Polymers; 13 Amino acids, proteins and DNA; 14 Organic synthesis; 15 Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; 16 chromatography