Chemistry

Course summary

Topics covered Year 1 • 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 2 • Physical chemistry Thermodynamics, Rate equations, Equilibrium constant Kp for homogeneous systems, Electrode potentials and electrochemical cells, Acids and bases • Inorganic chemistry Properties of Period 3 elements and their oxides, Transition metals, Reactions of ions in aqueous solution • Organic chemistry Optical isomerism, Aldehydes and ketones, Carboxylic acids and derivatives, Aromatic chemistry, Amines, Polymers, Amino acids, proteins and DNA, Organic synthesis, Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Chromatography