Chemistry

Course summary

The three main strands are Physical, Inorganic & Organic Chemistry Year 1 includes... Atomic structure, amount of substance, bonding, energetics, kinetics, chemical equilibria and Le Chatelier’s principle, periodicity, Group 2 & Group 7 elements, an introduction to organic chemistry, alkanes, halogenoalkanes, alkenes, alcohols and organic analysis. (six core practical tasks to be assessed in the examinations). Year 2 includes... Thermodynamics, rate equations, equilibria, electrode potentials and electrochemical cells, period 3 elements, transition metals, aqueous solutions, optical isomerism, carbonyls, carboxylic acids, aromatic chemistry, amines, amino acids, proteins and DNA and polymers, organic synthesis, NMR spectroscopy, chromatography.