Chemistry

Course summary

Enthusiasm and commitment are needed. Students should be prepared to spend several hours a week in consolidating class work, private study and background reading. Year 12 (AS Level) - core principles of Chemistry Atomic Structure: • Amount of Substance • Bonding • Kinetics • Introduction to Organic Chemistry. • Energetics • Chemical Equilibria • Redox Reactions • Periodicity (including Group II and Group VII) • Organic Chemistry. Year 13 (A-Level) - in the second year, students will study the following additional topics: • Physical Chemistry – Thermodynamics, Rate Equations, Equilibrium Constant and Acids and Bases • Inorganic Chemistry - Period 3 Properties and Transition Metals • Organic Chemistry - Optical Isomerism, Aldehydes and Ketones, Carboxylic Acids, Aromatic Chemistry, Amines, Polymers, Amino Acids, Organic Synthesis, NMR Spectroscopy and Chromatography