Chemistry Study Materials

Bohr's model, quantum numbers, orbitals, electronic configuration, and periodicity.

Periodic law, blocks, trends — atomic radius, ionisation energy, electron affinity, electronegativity.

Ionic, covalent, metallic bonds, VSEPR theory, hybridisation, MO theory, and hydrogen bonding.

Enthalpy, entropy, Gibbs free energy, Hess's law, bond enthalpy, and spontaneity.

Chemical equilibrium, Le Chatelier's principle, ionic equilibrium, acid-base theories, pH, buffers, and Ksp.

Galvanic cells, EMF, electrode potentials, Nernst equation, electrolysis, and corrosion.

Nomenclature, isomerism, GOC, reaction mechanisms, inductive effect, resonance, and hyperconjugation.

Alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, aromatic hydrocarbons, reactions — addition, substitution, elimination.

Alcohols, phenols, ethers, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, amines — nomenclature and reactions.

Carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, vitamins, polymers, and rubber.

Types of solutions, solubility, Raoult's law, colligative properties, van't Hoff factor.

Rate laws, order of reaction, rate constant, Arrhenius equation, activation energy, and catalysis.