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INDEX MODULE 1 (AS): PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY........... 6 TOPIC 1: ATOMIC STRUCTURE...................... 8 1. Fundamental particles........................................8 2. Mass number and isotopes.....................................8 3. Electronic configuration...................................... 10 TOPIC 2: AMOUNT OF SUBSTANCE.................. 15 1. Relative atomic mass and relative molecular mass...................... 15 2. The mole and the Avogadro constant.............................. 15 3. The ideal gas equation....................................... 16 4. Empirical and molecular formula................................. 16 5. Balanced equations and associated calculations........................ 17 TOPIC 3: BONDING........................... 19 1. Ionic bonding............................................ 19 2. Nature of covalent and dative covalent bonds......................... 20 3. Metallic bonding.......................................... 21 4. Bonding and physical properties................................. 21 5. Shapes of molecules and ions.................................. 24 6. Bond polarity............................................ 25 7. Forces between molecules.................................... 25 TOPIC 4: ENERGETICS.......................... 29 1. Enthalpy change.......................................... 29 2. Calorimetry............................................. 29 3. Applications of Hess Law..................................... 30 4. Bond enthalpies.......................................... 31 TOPIC 5: KINETICS............................ 33 1. Collision theory........................................... 33 2. Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution................................. 33 3. Effect of temperature on reaction rate............................. 34 4. Effect of concentration and pressure.............................. 35 5. Catalysts............................................... 35 TOPIC 6: CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIA, LE CHATELIER S PRINCIPLE AND K C....................... 37 1. Chemical equilibria and Le Chatelier s principle........................ 37 2. Equilibrium constant K c for homogeneous systems...................... 38 3
TOPIC 7: OXIDATION, REDUCTION AND REDOX EQUATIONS... 40 1. Oxidation, reduction and redox equations........................... 40 MODULE 2 (AS): INORGANIC CHEMISTRY......... 42 TOPIC 1: PERIODICITY.......................... 44 1. Classification............................................ 44 2. Physical properties of Period 3 elements............................ 45 TOPIC 2: GROUP 2,THE ALKALINE EARTH METALS......... 48 1. Group 2, the alkaline earth metals................................ 48 TOPIC 3: GROUP 7(17), THE HALOGENS................ 51 1. Trends in properties........................................ 51 2. Uses of chlorine and chlorate(i).................................. 52 MODULE 3 (AS): ORGANIC CHEMISTRY........... 53 TOPIC 1: INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIC CHEMISTRY........ 55 1. Structures & Nomenclature.................................... 55 2. IUPAC Naming Rules........................................ 55 3. Functional groups and homologous series........................... 58 4. Reaction mechanisms....................................... 58 5. Isomerism.............................................. 60 TOPIC 2: ALKANES............................ 63 1. Combustion of alkanes...................................... 64 2. Chlorination of alkanes...................................... 65 TOPIC 3: HALOGENOALKANES..................... 67 1. General Properties......................................... 67 2. Nucleophilic substitution..................................... 67 3. Elimination............................................. 69 4. Ozone depletion.......................................... 69 TOPIC 4: ALKENES............................ 71 1. Structure, bonding and reactivity................................. 71 2. Addition reactions of alkenes................................... 72 3. Electrophilic addition with conc. H 2 SO 4............................. 73 4. Addition polymers......................................... 74 4
TOPIC 5: ALCOHOLS........................... 77 1. Alcohol production......................................... 77 2. Production of an alcohol from ethene and steam, in the presence of an acid catalyst.. 78 3. Oxidation of alcohols........................................ 79 4. Elimination............................................. 81 TOPIC 6: ORGANIC ANALYSIS..................... 83 1. Mass spectrometry......................................... 84 2. High resolution mass spectrometry............................... 85 3. Infrared spectroscopy....................................... 86 4. Identifying functional groups in IR spectra........................... 86 5. Interpretation of spectra..................................... 88 6. Identifying impurities....................................... 88 5
MODULE 1 (AS) PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
TOPIC 1 Atomic Structure
Atomic Structure 1 Fundamental particles Atoms are made up of protons, electrons and neutrons Protons and neutrons exist in the nucleus and are sometimes called nucleons Neutral atoms have the same number of protons and electrons Particle Position Relative Mass Charge Proton Nucleus 1 +1 Neutron Nucleus 1 0 Electron Shells around nucleus 1/1840-1 2 Mass number and isotopes You can work out numbers of protons, electrons and neutrons from the element symbol To find the total number of electrons for positive ions take away the same number of electrons from the atom (e.g. 3 from a 3+ ion) and for negative ions add the same number of electrons Isotopes are atoms of an element with the same number of protons, but different numbers of neutrons They have the same electronic configuration and identical chemical reactions as a result snaprevise.co.uk 8
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