Advanced · Chemistry (General & Organic)

Advanced Chemistry Syllabus

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Block A

General, Physical and Quantum Chemistry

1. Advanced Theory of Ideal and Real Gases (the van der Waals Equation)

2. Thermodynamics of Chemical Reactions and Equations of State

3. Chemical Potential and the Theory of Ideal and Real Solutions

4. Phase Equilibria in One- and Multi-Component Systems

5. Colloids and Surface Phenomena (Adsorption, Surface Tension)

6. Advanced Kinetics: Chain Mechanisms and Enzyme Catalysis

7. Electrode Kinetics and Overpotential in Reversible and Irreversible Systems

8. The Origins of Quantum Chemistry (the Schrodinger Equation for Chemical Systems)

9. The Hartree-Fock Method and Ab Initio Approaches

10. Molecular Orbital (MO) Theory of Diatomic and Polyatomic Molecules

11. Valence Bond (VB) Theory versus Molecular Orbital Theory

12. Computational Quantum Chemistry: Density Functional Theory (DFT)

13. Statistical Mechanics in Chemistry (Partition Functions)

14. Equilibrium Constants and Thermodynamic Properties from Molecular Structure

15. Foundations of Molecular Spectroscopy from Quantum Mechanics

Block B

Organic Chemistry

1. Electronic Structure, Bonding and Resonance in Organic Compounds

2. Acidity and Basicity of Organic Compounds (Inductive and Mesomeric Effects)

3. Advanced Stereochemistry (Chirality, Cyclohexane and Bicyclic Conformations)

4. Nucleophilic Substitution (SN1, SN2): Kinetics and Stereochemistry

5. Elimination Reactions (E1, E2, E1cB): the Zaitsev and Hofmann Rules

6. Electrophilic Addition to Alkenes and Alkynes

7. Aromatic Compounds and Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

8. Directing Effects in Aromatic Substitution

9. Reactions of Aldehydes and Ketones (Nucleophilic Addition, Acetals, Imines)

10. Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives (Esters, Amides, Acyl Chlorides)

11. Enolate Chemistry (Aldol and Claisen Condensations, Malonic Ester Synthesis)

12. Reactions of Amines and Diazonium Salts

13. Free Radicals in Organic Synthesis

14. Pericyclic Reactions (Diels-Alder, Electrocyclisations, Woodward-Hoffmann Rules)

15. Retrosynthesis and the Design of Multi-Step Syntheses

Block C

Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry

1. Molecular Symmetry, Point Groups and an Introduction to Group Theory

2. Systematic Chemistry of the s-Block Elements (Alkali and Alkaline Earth Metals)

3. p-Block Elements: the Boron, Carbon and Nitrogen Groups

4. p-Block Elements: the Oxygen and Halogen Groups and the Noble Gases

5. Structural Chemistry of the Solid State and Crystallography

6. d-Block (Transition) Metals: Physicochemical Properties

7. Coordination Compounds: Nomenclature and Isomerism

8. Crystal Field Theory (CFT): Colour and Magnetic Properties

9. Ligand Field Theory (LFT) and the Jahn-Teller Effect

10. Kinetics and Mechanisms in Coordination Chemistry (Ligand Substitution)

11. The Chemistry of the Lanthanides and Actinides

12. Errors and the Statistical Treatment of Analytical Results

13. Equilibria in Analytical Chemistry (Acid-Base and Redox Titrations)

14. Gravimetry and Complexometry (EDTA)

15. Introduction to Electroanalysis (Voltammetry, Potentiometry)

Block D

Biochemistry and Instrumental Analysis

1. Amino Acids, Peptides and the Levels of Protein Structure

2. Enzyme Catalysis (Michaelis-Menten Kinetics) and Inhibition

3. Monosaccharides, Disaccharides and Polysaccharides

4. The Structure of Lipids and Biological Membranes

5. Nucleic Acids (DNA, RNA): Structure and Properties

6. The Central Dogma of Molecular Biology (Replication, Transcription, Translation)

7. Metabolic Pathways: Glycolysis and Gluconeogenesis

8. The Krebs Cycle and the Respiratory Chain (Oxidative Phosphorylation)

9. Lipid and Amino Acid Metabolism

10. UV-Vis Spectroscopy: the Beer-Lambert Law, Chromophores and Electronic Spectra

11. IR and Raman Spectroscopy: Vibrations and Functional Group Identification

12. Proton NMR (1H): Chemical Shift and Spin-Spin Coupling

13. Carbon-13 NMR and Advanced Techniques (2D NMR)

14. Mass Spectrometry (MS): Ionisation Techniques (EI, ESI, MALDI) and Fragmentation

15. Separation Techniques: Gas (GC) and Liquid (HPLC) Chromatography