Spec 7405
Step-by-step AQA A Level Chemistry lessons by topic, building up to exam-style questions. Build confidence with atomic structure, bonding and moles calculations early on, since these underpin the more demanding organic mechanisms, equilibrium and practical-analysis topics that dominate Year 2.
Physical chemistry
Atomic structure
Amount of substance
Bonding
Energetics
Kinetics
Chemical equilibria, Le Chatelier’s principle and
Thermodynamics (A-level only)
Rate equations (A-level only)
Acids and bases (A-level only)
Inorganic chemistry
Periodicity
Group 7(17), the halogens
Transition metals (A-level only)
Organic chemistry
Introduction to organic chemistry
Alkanes
Halogenoalkanes
Alkenes
Alcohols
Organic analysis
Carboxylic acids and derivatives (A-level only)
Aromatic chemistry (A-level only)
Amines (A-level only)
Polymers (A-level only)
Amino acids, proteins and DNA (A-level only)