A Level Chemistry

A Level Chemistry

Easter Revision Course Dates 2025

Week 1: Monday 7 April – Friday 11 April
Week 2: Monday 14 April – Friday 18 April
Week 3: Monday 21 April – Friday 25 April

(Good Friday is 18 April; Easter Monday is 21 April 2025)

Boards

Suitable for all boards.

Length of Course

Five full days, 40 hours total.

Times

9.00am to 12.30pm or 1.00pm to 4.30pm daily.

This course covers the following topics that are common to all specifications, but students should check carefully that sessions are relevant to their own particular studies:

Topic 1 (AS) – Introductory Chemistry:
Atomic structure: simple atomic models, orbitals and electronic configurations, TOF mass spectrometry, ionisation energies; Ionic, covalent and metallic bonding; simple and giant covalent structures; inter-molecular forces. Shapes of molecules and ions.

Topic 2 (AS) – Amount of Substance and Associated Calculations:
Equations and formulae: producing correct formulae and writing full balanced and ionic equations; mole calculations; solution and titration calculations. Empirical formula. Atom economy and percentage yield. Kinetics: reaction profiles; the factors influencing reaction rates; Maxwell – Boltzmann distribution of energies; Reaction profiles.

Topic 3 (AS) – Physical Chemistry:
Energetics: bondbreaking and bond-forming, definitions of ∆Hc, ∆Hf and Hess Law calculations; enthalpy level diagrams. Chemical equilibrium: reversibility, dynamic equilibrium, movement of equilibrium and Kc.

Topic 4 (AS) – Inorganic Chemistry:
The Periodic Table: Group trends and periodic trends; Redox Chemistry: Assignment of oxidation number and its use in balancing redox equations; Chemistry; Groups 2, and 7.

Topic 5 (AS) – Organic Chemistry:
Introductory organic chemistry: homologous series, naming and isomerism. Reactions of the Alkanes, alkenes, halogenoalkanes and alcohols. Mechanisms: attacking species and reactive intermediates. IR and MS spectroscopy of organic compounds.

Topic 6 (2nd Year) – Physical Chemistry I:
Equilibria: Kp calculations, heterogeneous equilibria. Kinetics: rate equations. Energetics: Entropy and free energy.

Topic 7 (2nd Year) – Physical Chemistry II:
Acids and Bases: Bronsted-Lowry Theory, pH and calculations, acid strength, Ka, Kw, pKa and pKw, titrations, curves and indicators, buffers, ∆Hneutr.

Topic 8 (2nd Year) – Inorganic Chemistry:
Transitions metals: definition, complex formation, shapes and the origin of colour, reaction with NaOH and NH3; catalysis. Redox equilibria: E, Ecell and reaction prediction.

Topic 9 (2nd Year) – Organic Chemistry I:
Isomerism: Geometrical and optical isomerism; Aldehydes and ketones: reactions, tests and mechanisms. Carboxylic acids and derivatives reactions, tests and mechanisms. Nitrogen compounds: amines, nitriles, amides, amino acids reactions, tests and mechanisms.

Topic 10 (2nd Year) – Organic Chemistry II:
Aromatic compounds: reactions and mechanisms; Polymers: addition and condensation, properties. Spectroscopy: IR, MS and NMR. Chromatography.