Complete AQA A-Level Chemistry course. Core topics — structure and bonding, kinetics, organic foundations, inorganic chemistry — followed by in-depth physical, organic, inorganic, and analytical studies, plus exam preparation.
AQA A-Level Chemistry — Atomic Structure and Amount of Substance
AQA 7405 A-Level Chemistry coverage of atomic structure (3.1.1) and amount of substance (3.1.2): subatomic particles and atomic models, mass spectrometry, electron configuration, ionisation energy trends, the mole concept, empirical and molecular formulae, balanced equations, solutions and concentrations, titration calculations, and the ideal gas equation.
AQA A-Level Chemistry — Bonding and Structure
AQA 7405 A-Level Chemistry coverage of bonding (3.1.3): ionic bonding and giant ionic lattices, covalent and dative covalent bonding, shapes of molecules (VSEPR theory), electronegativity and bond polarity, intermolecular forces (London, dipole-dipole, hydrogen bonding), metallic bonding and giant metallic structures, and the connection between bonding type and physical properties.
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AQA A-Level Chemistry — Energetics and Thermodynamics
AQA 7405 A-Level Chemistry coverage of energetics (3.1.4) and thermodynamics (3.1.8): enthalpy changes and calorimetry, bond enthalpies, Hess's law and enthalpy cycles, Born-Haber cycles, enthalpies of solution and hydration, entropy and Gibbs free energy, and feasibility of reactions. Anchors Required Practical 2.
AQA A-Level Chemistry — Kinetics and Equilibrium
AQA 7405 A-Level Chemistry coverage of kinetics (3.1.5 + 3.1.9) and chemical equilibria (3.1.6 + 3.1.10): collision theory and rates of reaction, rate equations and orders, the Arrhenius equation, rate-determining steps and reaction mechanisms, Le Chatelier's principle, the equilibrium constants Kc and Kp, and required practicals for rates and equilibria.
AQA A-Level Chemistry — Acids, Bases and Buffers
AQA 7405 A-Level Chemistry coverage of acids, bases and buffers (3.1.12): Brønsted-Lowry acid-base theory, pH calculations for strong and weak acids and bases, Ka and pKa, Kw and pH of water, pH curves and indicators, buffer solutions, polyprotic acids and salt hydrolysis. Anchors Required Practical 9 (titration and pH curves).
AQA A-Level Chemistry — Redox and Electrochemistry
AQA 7405 A-Level Chemistry coverage of redox (3.1.7) and electrode potentials and electrochemical cells (3.1.11): oxidation numbers and redox equations, half-equations, standard electrode potentials, electrochemical cells and EMF calculation, feasibility of redox reactions, commercial cells and fuel cells, electrolysis and Faraday's laws, and redox titrations.
AQA A-Level Chemistry — Inorganic Chemistry
AQA 7405 A-Level Chemistry coverage of inorganic chemistry (3.2): periodicity and Period 3, Group 2 (alkaline earth metals), Group 7 (halogens), Period 3 elements and oxides, transition metals, complex ions and ligand substitution, colour in transition metal compounds, reactions of aqueous metal ions, and transition metal catalysis. Anchors Required Practicals 10, 11, and 12.
AQA A-Level Chemistry — Organic Chemistry Foundations
AQA 7405 A-Level Chemistry coverage of organic foundations (3.3.1-3.3.6): nomenclature and functional groups, isomerism (structural, geometrical, optical), alkanes and free radical substitution, alkenes and electrophilic addition, halogenoalkanes and nucleophilic substitution, alcohols and oxidation, addition polymers, organic reaction mechanisms, and required practicals for organic foundations.
AQA A-Level Chemistry — Organic Chemistry Advanced
AQA 7405 A-Level Chemistry coverage of advanced organic chemistry (3.3.7-3.3.14): optical isomerism in depth, aldehydes and ketones (tests and reactions), carboxylic acids and their derivatives (esters, amides, acid chlorides), aromatic chemistry and Friedel-Crafts reactions, amines, amino acids, proteins and DNA, condensation polymers, multi-step and asymmetric organic synthesis.
AQA A-Level Chemistry — Analytical Techniques and Structure Determination
AQA 7405 A-Level Chemistry coverage of NMR (3.3.15), chromatography (3.3.16), and organic analysis: mass spectrometry of organic compounds, infrared spectroscopy, proton NMR, carbon-13 NMR, chromatography (paper, TLC, column, gas), chemical tests for functional groups, combined-technique structure determination problems, quantitative analysis, and the required practicals for analytical chemistry.
AQA A-Level Chemistry — Exam Strategy and Required Practicals
AQA 7405 A-Level Chemistry exam preparation: full paper structure for Papers 1, 2 and 3 with weightings and timings, all 12 required practicals condensed into a single revision lesson, mark-scheme decomposition by command word and AO, calculation mastery, and a specification map with a strategic revision plan.