Optical isomerism Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

I completed the A-Level in one year teaching most of the course to myself, earning an A overall. This is a summary of the textbook chapter with all details you will need for the exam, I found this most useful as it streamlines the information and keeps everything I needed in one place. Comparing mark schemes across the years I wrote the explanations / highlighted phrases you must use in the exam to get the marks and added a “Common Exam Questions” section at the end of each page to help you ...

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.

Optical isomerism is basically a type of stereoisomerism. Now, before we learn about optical isomerism let us quickly recall what are isomers and stereoisomers. Isomers are those compounds which have the same molecular formula but different bonding arrangement among atoms. Whereas, in stereoisomer, both molecular formula and bonding arrangement of atoms are the same. However, they have different spatial (three dimensional) arrangement of atoms. It eliminates all different arrangements that ar...

Exam dates might be changed by AQA Paper What’s in the paper 2020 dates A-Level paper 1 2 hours Physical chemistry -Atomic structure -Amount of substance -Bonding -Energetics -Chemical equilibria, Le Chatelier’s principle and Kc -Oxidation, reduction and redox equations -Equilibrium constant Kp for homogeneous systems -Electrode potentials and electrochemical cells -Acids and bases Inorganic chemistry - Periodicity -Group 2, the alkaline earth metals -Group 7(17), the h...

IUPAC Nomenclature: In the NEET syllabus, students are expected to understand the systematic naming of organic compounds according to the rules laid out by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). This includes naming alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, cyclic compounds, functional groups, and substituents following specific guidelines. Understanding IUPAC nomenclature is essential for correctly identifying and communicating the structures of organic compounds. Isomerism: Isomeri...

Summary notes for AQA A-Level Chemistry Unit 3.3.7 - Optical isomerism (A-level only) by an Imperial College London MSci Chemistry graduate. Notes divided into the following sections: Optical Activity, Racemates

AQA A-level CHEMISTRY Paper 2 Organic and Physical Chemistry QP 2020.This question is about rates of reaction. Phosphinate ions (H2PO2 – ) react with hydroxide ions to produce hydrogen gas as shown. H2PO2 – + OH− → HPO3 2– + H2 A student completed an experiment to determine the initial rate of this reaction. The student used a solution containing phosphinate ions and measured the volume of hydrogen gas collected every 20 seconds at a constant temperature. Figure 1 shows ...

coordination chemistry part 3 notes 2021 , topics covered - isomerism, structural isomerism, optical isomerism, cis, trans, stereoisomerism, photography

Contains detailed, A* level information on optical isomerism, esters, aldehydes, ketones, and carboxylic acids, as well as all mechanisms needed for this chapter These notes helped me revise for paper 2 of the A-level Chemistry course. I used the Pearson Edexcel Chemistry 2 book and the CPG Edexcel Chemistry book to write my notes on this chapter. These notes were written for the Edexcel board but can also be used for AQA, OCR, Cambridge, and IB. I hope they are as useful to you as they wer...