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Higher Chemistry checklist
Unit 1 Chemical Changes and Structure
1) Controlling the rate
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Collision theory
Calculations involving rate
Potential energy diagrams
Enthalpy changes
Activation energy and activated complex
Catalysts
Controlling reaction rate
Energy distribution diagrams
2) Periodicity
1. Trends in covalent radius
2. Trends in ionisation energy
3. Trends in electronegativity
3) Structure and bonding
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Covalent bonding
Polar covalent bonding
The bonding continuum
Intermolecular forces
Unit 2 Nature’s chemistry
1) Esters, fats and oils
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Naming esters
Structural formulae of esters
Characteristics and uses of esters
Condensation reactions
Hydrolysis reactions
Fats and oils
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The formation of proteins
Peptide link
Essential amino acids
Enzymes
2) Proteins
3) Chemistry of cooking
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4) Oxidation of food
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Shapes of protein molecules
Denaturing of proteins
Aldehydes and ketones- naming and structural formulae
Tests for aldehydes and ketones
Functional groups effect on physical properties
Primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols
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Structural formulae and isomeric alcohols
Hydrogen bonding and properties of alcohols
Oxidation of alcohols
Carboxylic acids
Antioxidants
5) Soaps, detergents and emulsions
1. Production of soap
2. Structure of soap ions
3. How detergents work
4. Emulsion and emulsifiers
6) Fragrances
1. Essential oils
2. Terpenes
7) Skin care
1. Effects of UV
2. Free radical formation and chain reaction
3. Free radical scavengers
Unit 3 Chemistry in Society
1) Getting the most from reactants
1. Industrial processes
2. Environmental factors influencing industrial design
3. Mole ratio balanced equations
4. Molar volume
5. Determination of quantities using balanced equations
6. Percentage yield and atom economy
2) Equilibria
1. Reversible reactions
2. Dynamic equilibrium
3. Changes in concentration, pressure and temperature on
position of equilibrium
4. Using a catalyst in an equilibrium reaction
3) Chemical energies
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Enthalpy
Enthalpy of combustion
Hess’s law
Chemical enthalpy-mean molar bond enthalpy
4) Oxidising and reducing agents
1. Oxidising and reducing agents
2. Using electrochemical series
3. Ion-electron/redox equations
5) Chemical analysis
1. Chromatography
2. Volumetric analysis
3. Redox titrations