OCR A A2 Chemistry

OCR A A2 Chemistry

1. Reaction Rates

   • Monitoring Reaction Rates
   • Concentration-Time Graphs
   • Initial Rates
   • Rate Equations
   • Reaction Orders
   • The Rate Constant
   • The Rate Determining Step
   • Arrhenius Equation

2. Equilibrium

   • Equilibrium Constant
   • Gas Equilibria
   • Changing the Equilbrium

3. Acids, Bases and pH

   • Acids and Bases
   • pH Calculations
   • Ionic Product of Water
   • Acid Dissociation Constant
   • Buffer Action
   • Calculating the pH of buffers
   • pH Curves and Titrations

4. Redox and Electrode Potentials

   • Redox Reactions
   • Redox Titrations
   • More on Titrations
   • Electrochemical Cells
   • Standard Electrode Potentials
   • Electrochemical Series
   • Energy Storage Cells
   • Fuel Cells

5. Transition Elements

   • Complex Ions
   • Transition Elements
   • Transition Element Properties
   • Isomerism in Complex Ions
   • Ligand Substitution
   • Precipitation Reactions
   • Transition Metals and Redox
   • Tests for Ions

6. Aromatic Compounds and Carbonyls

   • Benzene
   • Reactions of Benzene
   • Friedel-Crafts
   • Substituted Benzene Rings
   • Aldehydes and Ketones
   • Reducing Carbonyls
   • Reactions with Carbonyls
   • Carboxylic Acids
   • Acyl Chlorides
   • Esters

7. Nitrogen Compounds and Polymers

   • Amines and Amides
   • Amino Acids
   • Chirality
   • Addition Polymers
   • Condensation Polymers

8. Organic Synthesis and Practical Techniques

   • Making Carbon-Carbon Bonds
   • Practical Techniques in Organic Synthesis
   • Functional Groups and their Typical Reactions
   • Synthetic Routes

9. Analysis

   • Tests for Organic Functional Groups
   • Chromatography
   • Gas Chromatogrphy
   • NMR Spectroscopy
   • Proton NMR Spectroscopy
   • More Proton NMR Spectroscopy
   • More on Spectra

10. Enthalpy, Entropy and Free Energy

    • Enthalpy Changes
    • Lattice Enthalpy
    • Born-Haber Cycles
    • Enthalpies of Solution
    • Entropy
    • Free Energy Change