Topic 1: Organic Chemistry Text: Chapter 26 & Bruice Section (~ 4 weeks)
1.0 IUPAC nomenclature; Alkanes, Haloalkanes, Alkenes (E/Z), Alkynes, Ethers, Amines, Alcohols, Ketones, Aldehydes, Amides, Esters, and Carboxylic Acids
2.0 Organic reactions, Mechanisms and Arrow pushing
3.0 Conformational analysis
4.0 Steriochemistry
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Topic 2: Thermochemistry Text: Chapter 7 and 19 (~ 3 weeks)
2.0 Introduction, terminology and scope
2.1 Enthalapy and Energy Change in a chemical process; 1st law of Thermodynamics
2.2 Enthalapy of Formation, Calorimetry, Heat capacity, Bond Energies, and Standard State
2.3 Entropy; 2nd and 3rd laws of thermodynamics
2.4 Free Energy; Spontaneity and Equilibrium.
2.5 Relationship between dH°,dS°, dG° and K
2.6 Change of dG with Temperature adn Concentration; Effect of Temperature on K (van't Hoff)
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Topic 3: Chemical Kinetics Text: Chapter 14 (~ 2 weeks)
3.0 Reaction rates, effect of concentration, rate law determination, order of reaction, rate constant
3.1 Experimental determination of rate laws
3.2 Temperature effect: the Arrhenius equation
3.3 The effect of catalysts
3.4 Theories of kinetics
3.5 Kinetics and the determination of reaction mechanism
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Topic 4: Gaseous Equilibrium Text: Chapter 6 and 15 (~ 1 weeks)
4.0 Brief review of Kinetic theory of gasses (Chapter 6)
4.1 Concept of dynamic equilibrium
4.2 General form and properties of the equilbrium constant and reaction quotient
4.3 Extent of reaction at equilibrium; degree of dissociation
4.4 Variation of equilibrium constant with temperature
4.5 Le Chatelier's Principal and it's applications
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Topic 5: Ionic Equilibrium Text: Chapters 16, 17 and 18 (~ 3 weeks)
5.0 Properties of acids, bases adn salts in aqueous solution
5.1 Theories of Acids and Bases; Arrenius, Bronsted-Lowry, Lewis
5.2 Strong and weak electrolytes: degree of dissociation: Kw, Ka, Kb
5.3 The pH scale: pH, pOH, pKa, and pKb
5.4 Salts in aqueous solution: hydrolysis; pH of salt solutions
5.5 Acid-Base titrations; function and selection of indicators
5.6 The common ion effect
5.7 Buffer solutions: Composition and properties
5.8 Ksp
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