This text book is an ongoing project. At the moment it as an amalgamation of all the written material I have. It is not therefore syllabus specific. Some material may be the same as what is on the revision guides but some has more extensive explanations. Over time I will add to the explanations to turn the revision guide bits into something more detailed. I will also add to the questions that appear in some chapters.
Physical Chemistry
Calculations
1.21 moles and formulae Updated December 2019
1.22 concentrations and solutions Updated December 2019
1.23 Gas Calculations Updated December 2019
1.24 calculations and chemical reactions Updated December 2019
1.25 titrations Updated November 2018
Atomic Structure
2.11 atomic structure and mass spectrometry New April 2018
2.12 electronic structure Updated April 2018
2.13 ionisation energies Updated January 2022
Bonding
2.20 introduction to bonding Updated November 2018
2.21 ionic bonding Updated November 2018
2.22 covalent bonding Updated November 2018
2.23 metallic bonding Updated November 2018
2.24 shapes of molecules Updated December 2019
2.25 intermediate bonding Updated November 2018
2.26 intermolecular bonding Updated November 2018
2.27 structure of solid crystals New April 2018
Energetics
3.11 introduction enthalpy change New April 2015
3.12 Hesses law Updated April 2020
3.13 calorimetry Updated March 2019
3.14 bond enthalpies Updated March 2019
3.15 Born Haber Cycle Updated November 2018
3.16 Entropy and Gibbs Energy Updated November 2018
3.17 Enthalpies of Solution Updated November 2018
Kinetics
4.1 Reaction kinetics Updated December 2019
Equilibria
4.2. equilibria Updated November 2018
Acid -base equilibria
4.30 acid bases and salts Updated December 2019
4.35 acid base equilibria New April 2018
Redox
4.40 redox New April 2018
4.45 electrolysis New April 2018
Redox Equilibria
4.50 redox equilibria Updated November 2018
Inorganic Chemistry
Periodicity
5.1. periodicity Updated December 2019
Group 2
5.2. group 2 Updated November 2018
Group 7: The halogens
5.3. group 7 Updated January 2022
Metal Extraction
5.4. metal extraction New April 2018
Transition Metals
5.51 Introduction to transition metals New April 2018
5.52 complex ions Updated February 2019
5.53 colour in complex ions New January 2022
5.54 chemistry V Mn Cu Co Cr Ag Updated February 2021
5.55 Catalysis by transition metals New April 2018
5.56 reactions of aqueous transition metal ions Updated February 2019
Organic Chemistry
6.1. organic naming Updated December 2019
6.1.5. isomerism Updated December 2019
6.2. alkanes Updated December 2019
6.3. alkenes Updated November 2018
6.4. halogenoalkanes Updated November 2018
6.5. alcohols Updated December 2019
6.12. polymers new April 2018
Reactions of the C=O bond
6.6. aldehydes and ketones Updated January 2022
6.7. carboxylic acids and esters Updated January 2022
6.8. acyl chlorides and acid anhydrides Updated January 2022
Benzene
6.9. benzene Updated January 2022
6.95 Phenol new April 2018
Amines, amino acids, polymers
6.10. Amines Updated November 2018
6.10.5 amides Updated December 2019
6.11. amino acids proteins and DNA Updated December 2019
6.12. polymers Updated April 2020
Spectroscopy
6.13 analytical techniques Updated December 2019
organic problem solving New March 2021
Synthetic Routes
6.14 organic synthesis new April 2018
is this textbook now upto date and complete for the 2018 exams
yes
thankssssssssss so much, i needed some help to work these calculations out, these notes are very concise and excellent thanks so much!!!!!!
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They are all up to date
Is the textbook for the OCR new spec?
The text book can be used for any syllabus- it is not intended to be exam board specific so may well have things you don’t need to know.
Loads of hard work has gone into producing these notes – hope students appreciate the hard work of dedicated teachers – an inspiration to Chemistry students 🙂
amazing notes
Excellent job! Thank you so much !
Thank you for your hard work, I really appreciate it 😊
Thanks so much too
Do you have the answers for the gas calculcations? Thanks
I’ve just uploaded a revised chapter with the answers at the end
literally amazing notes
Hello! May I print these? For personal use only, of course.
Thank you!
yes
Excellent clear, concise resources, thanks.
For ‘questions on errors’ in titrations, for part (d) surely there should be no effect on the calculated value of [NaOH] as the water doesn’t affect the number of moles of either reagent used and the moles of potassium hydrogenphthalate measured out by the pipette is the same?
Yes that is the correct answer
Are the powerpoint presentations that make up the “More detailed notes” available? Thank you
The newer more detailed notes in the A4 format don’t exist as powerpoints.
Your powerpoint notes are absolutely amazing especially the transition metals and their colors.
Great resources! However it would be superb if you have more questions for each topic and give answers to the questions.:)
These will come eventually!
Hey, thank you so much for notes. I was just wondering do you know where i can obtain the answers from as i am working through the questions from Unit 1, Module 1. Thanks again for your help.
Some chapters have answers at the end. If they don’t then I have not written them yet sorry
great effort should be commended highly.
Do you think you will have the A2 detailed notes available later in the year before the exams?
Some will be ready but I won’t have done the complete course
Thank you for using your time and publishing these notes on the internet, i am very grateful for it
It would be great if you could supply the answers to the mole questions in 1.21 and 1.24 (the new guides). Ive done them but not sure if I got them right and I would love to know. Thanks for your notes. Love them.
The answers will come soon. Just working through them at the moment
Thank you , thats great!
Got the answers – this will really help me – just in time for my amount of substance test on monday. thank you so much.
Hi,
I have looked at the answers but for some i am getting different answers to you, for example for 1.24 calculations and chemical reactions, question 1.1 your answer was 4.21g but i am getting 6.80g can you please explain how you are getting this?
I would prefer you to show me how you get 6.80. Check you are using the atomic mass of Titanium (Ti). I suspect you might be doing it with thallium (Tl)
Is there any chapter 17 : Analytical Techniques notes ?
Its the chapter with the infra red spectroscopy
The spectroscopy/analytical techniques notes at the moment only exist in the revision guide format and not in the powerpoint notes section.