CIE AS & A-Level Chemistry specification
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Physical chemistry
1 Atoms, molecules and stoichiometry
1.1 Relative masses of atoms and molecules
1.2 The mole and the Avogadro constant
1.3 The determination of relative atomic masses, Ar
1.4 The calculation of empirical and molecular formulae
21, 31
30
25-6
40-1
1.5 Reacting masses and volumes (of solutions and gases)
2 Atomic structure
33-5, 38-9, 44-5
2.1 Particles in the atom
8-9, 18-20
2.2 The nucleus of the atom
20
10-17, 94,
97,100, 331
2.3 Electrons: energy levels, atomic orbitals, ionisation energy, electron affinity
3 Chemical bonding
3.1 Ionic bonding
48-53
3.2 Covalent bonding and co-ordinate (dative covalent) bonding including
shapes of simple molecules
58-65, 133, 190
70-5, 197, 324,
108-10
78
3.3 Intermolecular forces, electronegativity and bond properties
3.4 Metallic bonding
54-5, 66-70, 72,
74-5, 79, 84
3.5 Bonding and physical properties
4 States of matter
4.1 The gaseous state: ideal and real gases and pV = nRT
4.2 The liquid state
36-7
36, 55
4.3 The solid state: lattice structures
53, 68-70, 66-7,
75, 78, 84-5
5 Chemical energetics
5.1 Enthalpy change, ΔH
315-19, 324
5.2 Hess’ Law, including Born-Haber cycles
320-5, 345,
330-7
338-41
342-4
5.3 Entropy change, ΔSϴ
5.4 Gibbs free energy change, ΔGϴ
6 Electrochemistry
6.1 Redox processes: electron transfer and changes in oxidation number
(oxidation state)
6.2 Electrolysis
ϴ
6.3 Standard electrode potentials E : standard cell potentials
Nernst equation
Eϴcell
and the
132-3, 152-3
55
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6.4 Batteries and fuel cells
7 Equilibria
7.1 Chemical equilibria: reversible reactions; dynamic equilibrium
7.2 Ionic equilibria
7.3 Partition coefficients
8 Reaction kinetics
378-401 (except
393, 399 – see
below)
402-4, 406,
405, 407-16
393, 399
348-50
346-7, 358-64
8.1 Simple rate equations; orders of reaction; rate constants
8.2 Effect of temperature on reaction rates and rate constants; the concept of
activation energy
8.3 Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts including enzymes
345, 348, 351
360
352-4
154-5, 354-5,
179
Inorganic chemistry
9 The Periodic Table: chemical periodicity
9.1 Periodicity of physical properties of the elements in the third period
9.2 Periodicity of chemical properties of the elements in the third period
9.3 Chemical periodicity of other elements
10 Group 2
10.1 Similarities and trends in the properties of the Group 2 metals,
magnesium to barium, and their compounds
10.2 Some uses of Group 2 compounds
11 Group 17
11.1 Physical properties of the Group 17elements
11.2 The chemical properties of the elements and their hydrides
11.3 Some reactions of the halide ions
11.4 The reactions of chlorine with aqueous sodium hydroxide
11.5 Some important uses of the halogens and of halogen compounds
12 An introduction to the chemistry of transition elements
12.1 General physical properties of the first set of transition elements, titanium
to copper
12.2 General characteristic chemical properties of the first set of transition
elements, titanium to copper
12.3 Colour of complexes
12.4 Stereoisomerism in transition element complexes
12.5 Stability constants, Kstab
13 Nitrogen and sulfur
13.1 Nitrogen
13.2 Sulfur: the formation of atmospheric sulphur dioxide, its role in acid rain
Organic chemistry and analysis
100-01, 114, 111
107-113, 115
117
118-23,
123
124
126
128-9, 131
130-1
133
134-5, 202-3
138-41
142-3, 145, 147,
149, 152-3
148, 150
144, 146, 157,
262
401
60-1, 404, 384-8,
179, 155
179, 184
14 An introduction to organic chemistry
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14.1 Formulae, functional groups and the naming of organic compounds
14.2 Characteristic organic reactions
14.3 Shapes of organic molecules;  and  bonds
14.4 Isomerism: structural and stereoisomerism
15 Hydrocarbons
166-75,
Ch 17
Chs 13-16
176, 190,
220
170-4, 187
15.1 Alkanes
176-83
15.2 Alkenes
184-96, 264-6
15.3 Hydrocarbons as fuels
15.4 Arenes
178-9, 298
221-30
16 Halogen derivatives
16.1 Halogenoalkanes and halogenoarenes
16.2 Relative strength of the C-Hal bond
17 Hydroxy compounds
198-201
197, 202-4
205-12, 233,
17.1 Alcohols
243
226, 253
17.2 Phenol
18 Carbonyl compounds
18.1 Aldehydes and ketones
19 Carboxylic acids and derivatives
231-8
240-1,
241, 407, 226,
156
242-3, 252
244, 246
19.1 Carboxylic acids
19.2 Acyl chlorides
19.3 Esters
20 Nitrogen compounds
20.1 Primary amines
20.2 Amides (reduction)
20.3 Amino acids (electrophoresis)
21 Polymerisation
21.1 Condensation polymerisation
21.2 Predicting the type of polymerisation
249-51, 253
252, 254
256-7
268-9, 272
270-1
264-5, 272,
257-61, 273-4
184, 275, 258
21.3 Properties of polymers
21.4 Degradable polymers
22 Analytical techniques
22.1 Chromatography
22.2 Infra-red spectroscopy
22.3 Mass spectrometry
22.4 Carbon-13 NMR spectroscopy
22.5 Proton (1H) NMR spectroscopy
23 Organic synthesis
23.1 Synthesis of chiral drug molecules
 23.2 Synthetic routes
292-3
298-9
294-5
303-4
300-02
287-8
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5.1 Mathematical requirements
• Perform calculations involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
of quantities
• Make approximate evaluations of numerical expressions
• Express fractions as percentages, and vice versa
• Calculate an arithmetic mean
• Convert numbers in decimal notation to standard form notation (scientific
notation)
• Use tables or calculators to evaluate logarithms (for pH calculations),
squares, square roots, and reciprocals
• Change the subject of a formula (most such equations involve only the
simpler operations but may include positive and negative indices and square
roots)
• Substitute physical quantities into a formula using consistent units so as to
calculate one quantity; check the dimensional consistency of such calculations,
e.g. the units of a rate constant k
• Solve simple algebraic equations
• Understand and use the symbols/notations <, >, ≈, /, , ≡, x̄ (or x)
• Test tabulated pairs of values for direct proportionality by a graphical method
or by constancy of ratio
• Select appropriate variables and scales for plotting a graph, especially to
obtain a linear graph of the form y = mx + c
• Determine and interpret the gradient (slope) and intercept of a linear graph
• Choose by inspection a straight line or curve that will serve as the ‘line of
best fit’ linear model for a set of data presented graphically
• Understand:
– the gradient of a tangent to a curve as a measure of rate of change
– the ‘area’ below a curve where the area has physical significance, e.g.
Boltzmann distribution curves
• Understand how to perform calculations so that significant figures are neither
lost unnecessarily nor used beyond what is justified
• Estimate orders of magnitude
• Set up simple algebraic equations as mathematical models, e.g. construct a
rate equation, and identify limitations of such models
For example:
throughout
298, 397
279-80
25, 324
30, 45, 408-9
366-7, 405, 409
37, 361
34-5, 361, 391,
341
322-3
throughout
360
359
486
347
348,351-2
Ch 3, 451, 486,
490
12, 410
360-4
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