Organic chemistry

Detailed summary of the AQA A level chemistry topic, alkanes. Describes alkanes, fractional distillation and the combustion of alkanes

Detailed summary of the AQA A level topic haloalkanes. Summarises, the formation of halogenoalkanes, and the mechanisms. Diagrams and examples given.

Detailed summary of the AQA A level chemistry topic, optical isomerism according to the specification. Describes the definition of optical isomers, racemates and finding the chiral centre.

Detailed summary of the AQA A level chemistry topic, aromatic chemistry. Benzene stability, arenes, Friedel-Crafts acylation and nitration of benzene are discussed with examples and diagrams provided where necessary.

Detailed notes on the AQA A level topic, amino acids, proteins and DNA Amino acids, thin layer chromatography and calculating Rf values are described in details with diagrams and calculations where necessary