A Level

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A Level structure

The specifications for A Level Chemistry are divided in two:

Core Content (AS Level only)
Further Content (for a full A Level with the Core Content)

Each of these comprises Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Organic Chemistry.

Core
Further

Core Physical Chemistry

Atomic structure
Amount of substance
Bonding
Energetics
Kinetics
Chemical equilibria, Le Chatelier’s principle and K_c
Oxidation, reduction and redox equations

Further Physical Chemistry

Thermodynamics
Rate equations
Equilibrium constant K_p for homogeneous systems
Electrode potentials and electrochemical cells
Acids and bases

Core
Further

Core Inorganic Chemistry

Periodicity
Group 2, the alkaline earth metals
Group 7, the halogens

Further Inorganic Chemistry

Properties of period 3 elements and their oxides
Properties of transition metals
Substitution reactions
Shapes of complex ions
Formation of coloured ions
Variable oxidation states
Catalysts
Reactions of ions in aqueous solutions

Core
Further

Core Organic Chemistry

Introduction to organic chemistry
Alkanes
Halogenoalkanes
Alkenes
Alcohols
Organic analysis: test tube reactions, Mass spectrometry
Infrared spectroscopy

Further Organic Chemistry

Optical isomerism
Aldehydes and ketones
Carboxylic acids and derivatives
Aromatic chemistry
Amines
Polymers
Amino acids, proteins and DNA
Organic synthesis
Organic analysis: NMR, chromatography