First Year

Summary notes on carbonyl chemistry

Notes on carbonyl chemistry, nucleophilic addition to carbonyls, use of organometallic reagents, acetal formation, nucleophilic substitution, the reactivity of these reagents, enolates

Notes on entropy and multiplicity, the constraint of energy on entropy, internal energy, heat and work, the direction of spontaneous change

Notes on molecular collisions and rates, the rate constant, rate laws, equilibria and mixing for 1st chemistry degree

Notes on alkenes, addition to alkenes, reduction and oxidation of alkenes, synthesis of alkenes, alkynes, resonance, benzene, substituted benzene

Summary notes on elemental analysis, Mass spectrometry, IR spectroscopy, NMR

Notes on characterisation, elemental analysis, mass spectrometry - electron ionisation, electrospray ionisation, chemical ionisation, infrared spectroscopy, NMR spectroscopy

Summary of electrophiles, nucleophiles, leaving groups, kinetics

Notes on electrophiles and nucleophiles, acids and bases, their reactivity, leaving groups, SN1 and SN2 mechanisms, rates of reactions, measuring rates, activation energy

Notes on Ideal gases, molecular energy levels, molecular vibrations, spectra and selection rules