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Specification Point 2.1 - Understand how the similarities in the reactions of the group 1 elements with water provide evidence for their recognition as a family of elements.
Specification Point 2.2 - Understand how the differences between the reactions of the alkali metals with air and water provide evidence for the trend in reactivity in group 1.
Specification Point 2.3 - Use knowledge of trends in group 1 to predict the properties of other alkali metals.
Specification Point 2.4C - Explain the trend in reactivity in group 1 in terms of electronic configurations.
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Specification Point 2.34 - Know the general rules for predicting the solubility of ionic compounds in water.
Specification Point 2.35 - Understand acids and bases in terms of proton transfer.
Specification Point 2.36 - Understand that an acid is a proton donor and a base is a proton acceptor.
Specification Point 2.37 - Describe the reactions of hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid and nitric acid with metals, bases and metal carbonates to form salts.
Specification Point 2.38 - Know that metal oxides, metal hydroxides and ammonia can act as bases, and that alkalis are bases that are soluble in water.
Specification Point 2.39 - Describe an experiment to prepare a pure, dry sample of a soluble salt, starting from an insoluble reactant.
Specification Point 2.42 - Practical: prepare a sample of pure, dry hydrated copper (II) sulphate crystals starting from copper (II) oxide.
Complete set of Chapter 5 Lectures are available.
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Specification Point 3.5C - Draw and explain energy level diagrams to represent exothermic and endothermic reactions.
Specification Point 3.6C - Know that bond-breaking is an endothermic process and that bond-making is an exothermic process.
Specification Point 3.7C - Use bond energies to calculate the enthalpy change during a chemical reaction.
Complete set of Chapter 6 Lectures are available.
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Specification Point 4.29C - Know that alcohols contain the functional group −OH.
Specification Point 4.30C - Understand how to draw structural and displayed formulae for methanol, ethanol, propanol and butanol and name each compound.
Specification Point 4.31C - Know that how ethanol can be oxidised.
Specification Point 4.32C - Know how ethanol can be manufactured.
Specification Point 4.33C - Understand the reasons for fermentation, in the absence of air, and at an optimum temperature.
Specification Point 4.34C - Know that carboxylic acids contain the functional group -COOH.
Specification Point 4.35C - Understand how to draw structural and displayed formulae for unbranched-chain carboxylic acids with up to four carbon atoms in the molecule, and name each compound.
Specification Point 4.36C - Describe the reactions of aqueous solutions of carboxylic acids with metals and metal carbonates.
Specification Point 4.37C - Know that vinegar is an aqueous solution containing ethanoic acid.
Complete set of Chapter 7 Lectures are available.
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Specification Point 3.3.14 - Organic synthesis.
Specification Point 3.3.16 - Chromatography.
Complete set of Chapter 8 Lectures are available.
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Specification Point 3.3.13.1 - Amino acids.
Specification Point 3.3.13.2 - Proteins.
Specification Point 3.3.13.3 - Enzymes.
Complete set of Chapter 8 Lectures are available.
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Specification Point 3.3.13.4 - DNA.
Specification Point 3.3.13.5 - Action of anticancer drugs.
Complete set of Chapter 8 Lectures are available.
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Specification Point 3.3.15 - Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Complete set of Chapter 8 Lectures are available.
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Specification Point 3.3.11 - Amines.
Specification Point 3.3.11.1 - Preparation of amines.
Specification Point 3.3.11.2 - Base properties of amines.
Specification Point 3.3.11.3 - Nucleophilic properties of amines.
Complete set of Chapter 8 Lectures are available.
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Specification Point 3.3.12.1 - Condensation polymers.
Specification Point 3.3.12.2 - Biodegradability and disposal of polymers.
Complete set of Chapter 8 Lectures are available.
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Specification Point 3.3.9.1 - Carboxylic acids and esters.
Complete set of Chapter 8 Lectures are available.
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Specification Point 3.3.9.2 - Acylation.
Practical 10: Preparation and purification of organic compounds.
Complete set of Chapter 8 Lectures are available.
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Specification Point 3.3.8 - Aldehydes and ketones.
Complete set of Chapter 8 Lectures are available.
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Specification Point 3.2.6 - The reactions of metal ions in aqueous solutions.
Practical 11: Identifying transition metal ions in aqueous solutions.
Complete set of Chapter 7 Lectures are available.
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Specification Point 3.2.5.2 - Ligand substitution reactions.
Complete set of Chapter 7 Lectures are available.
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Specification Point 3.2.5.6 - Transition metal catalysts.
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Specification Point 3.2.5.3 - The shapes of complex ions.
Specification Point 3.2.5.4 - The formation of coloured ions.
Complete set of Chapter 7 Lectures are available.
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Specification Point 3.1.12.5 - pH curves, titrations and indicators.
Practical 9: Investigating pH changes.
Specification Point 3.1.12.6 - Buffer action.
Complete set of Chapter 6 Lectures are available.
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Specification Point 3.2.4 - Properties of Period 3 elements and their oxides.
Complete set of Chapter 7 Lectures are available.
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Specification Point 3.1.12.1 - Brønsted-Lowry acid-base equilibria in solution.
Specification Point 3.1.12.2 - Definition and determination of pH.
Specification Point 3.1.12.3 - The ionic product of water, Kw.
Specification Point 3.1.12.4 - Weak acids and bases and Ka for weak acids.
Complete set of Chapter 6 Lectures are available.
