Course description

Days and Timings

Tuesday and Thursday

9:00 to 10:30

We will cover the following topics in the live classes:

23 Chemical energetics

23.1 Lattice energy and Born-Haber cycles

23.2 Enthalpies of solution and hydration

23.3 Entropy change, ΔS

23.4 Gibbs free energy change, ΔG

24 Electrochemistry

24.1 Electrolysis

24.2 Standard electrode potentials E⦵, standard cell potentials E⦵ cell and the Nernst equation

25 Equilibria

25.1 Acids and bases

25.2 Partition coefficients

26 Reaction kinetics

26.1 Simple rate equations, orders of reaction and rate constants

26.2 Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts 

27 Group 2

27.1 Similarities and trends in the properties of the Group 2 metals, magnesium to barium, and

their compounds

28 Chemistry of transition elements

28.1 General physical and chemical properties of the first row of transition elements, titanium to

copper

28.2 General characteristic chemical properties of the first set of transition elements, titanium to

copper

28.3 Colour of complexes

28.4 Stereoisomerism in transition element complexes

28.5 Stability constants, Kstab

29 An introduction to A Level organic chemistry

29.1 Formulas, functional groups and the naming of organic compounds

29.2 Characteristic organic reactions

29.3 Shapes of aromatic organic molecules; σ and π bonds

29.4 Isomerism: optical

30 Hydrocarbons

30.1 Arenes

31 Halogen compounds

31.1 Halogen compounds

32 Hydroxy compounds

32.1 Alcohols

32.2 Phenol

33 Carboxylic acids and derivatives

33.1 Carboxylic acids

33.2 Esters

33.3 Acyl chlorides

34 Nitrogen compounds

34.1 Primary and secondary amines

34.2 Phenylamine and azo compounds

34.3 Amides

34.4 Amino acids

35 Polymerisation

35.1 Condensation polymerisation

35.2 Predicting the type of polymerisation

35.3 Degradable polymers

36 Organic synthesis

36.1 Organic synthesis

37 Analytical techniques

37.1 Thin-layer chromatography

37.2 Gas/liquid chromatography

37.3 Carbon-13 NMR spectroscopy

37.4 Proton (1H) NMR spectroscopy