Rapid recall · A Level
A Level Chemistry Rapid recall
Second-year A Level recall decks for AQA, Edexcel and OCR A - including the mechanism and spectroscopy work that separates a good grade from a top one.
Written for AQA, Edexcel and OCR A.
Why it matters
Why this matters at A Level
- Organic mechanisms are recall before they are understanding: curly arrows in the right places, named correctly, every time.
- Synoptic papers reach back across both years, so the only defence is having kept the first year warm rather than relearning it in April.
- Reagents and conditions carry marks on their own. They are pure memorisation, and cards are the fastest route through them.
Topic decks
The A Level course, deck by deck
One deck per topic area, so you can work on the thing you are actually stuck on rather than shuffling the whole specification together. This is the shape of the A Level course and what each deck has to cover.
Decks are being written and uploaded now. Search the catalogue to see exactly what has landed so far.
Thermodynamics
Born-Haber cycles, lattice enthalpy, entropy, Gibbs free energy
Rate equations
Orders of reaction, rate constants, the Arrhenius equation, rate-determining steps
Equilibrium constants
Kp, partial pressures, the effect of changing conditions
Acids & bases
pH, Ka and pKa, buffers, titration curves, indicators
Electrochemistry
Electrode potentials, electrochemical cells, fuel cells, feasibility
Transition metals
Complex ions, colour, catalysis, ligand substitution, variable oxidation states
Organic mechanisms
Nucleophilic substitution and addition, electrophilic addition and substitution, elimination
Aromatic & carbonyl chemistry
Benzene, phenols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and derivatives
Amines, amino acids & polymers
Basicity of amines, proteins, condensation polymers, optical isomerism
Spectroscopy & synthesis
NMR, infrared, chromatography, multi-step synthetic routes
A routine that works at A Level
Two current decks and one first-year deck each week through the second year. In the run-up to the exams, re-run only the cards you have missed at least once - the rest are done.
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