2.1.1 – Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table (OCR)

This course covers atomic structure and isotopes, relative masses and mass spectrometry, electron shells, sub-shells and orbitals with configurations up to krypton, first and successive ionisation energies, and periodicity across Periods 2 and 3, aligned with OCR A Level Chemistry A 2.1.1 Atomic structure and isotopes, 2.2.1 Electron structure and 3.1.1 Periodicity.

2.2.2 – Ionic and Metallic Bonding (OCR)

This course covers ionic bonding and dot-and-cross diagrams, giant ionic lattices and the properties of ionic compounds, metallic bonding and the properties of metals, and simple molecular lattices such as iodine and ice with their melting points, solubility and conductivity, aligned with OCR A Level Chemistry A 2.2.2 (a) to (c), (n) and (o).

2.2.2 – Covalent Bonding and Shapes (OCR)

This course covers the covalent bond and dot-and-cross diagrams, dative bonding, average bond enthalpy, the shapes and bond angles of molecules and ions by electron pair repulsion, electronegativity and the polarity of bonds and molecules, aligned with OCR A Level Chemistry A 2.2.2 (d) to (j).

4.1.1-4.1.2 – Basic Concepts and Alkanes (OCR)

This course covers the basic concepts of organic chemistry and the chemistry of alkanes: IUPAC nomenclature, formulae, functional groups and homologous series, structural isomerism, bond fission, radicals and curly arrows, the bonding, shape and properties of alkanes, combustion, and radical substitution with chlorine and bromine, aligned with OCR A Level Chemistry A specification sections 4.1.1 […]

4.1.3 – Alkenes (OCR)

This course covers the structure, bonding and reactivity of alkenes, including E/Z and cis-trans stereoisomerism with the Cahn-Ingold-Prelog rules, electrophilic addition and Markownikoff’s rule, the addition reactions of alkenes, addition polymerisation and the processing of waste polymers, aligned with OCR A Level Chemistry A specification section 4.1.3 Alkenes.