The University of Birmingham (UBIR) • Chemistry

I got a 1st in my first year studying chemistry at the University of Birmingham using these revision notes that I have uploaded. They include detail on drawing and naming molecules, structure and bonding in hydrocarbons, conformational analysis and stereochemistry. These summary notes also include worked examples as revision practice.

I got a 1st in my first year studying chemistry at the University of Birmingham using these revision notes that I have uploaded. They include detail on acidity, electron density and chemical reactivity, drawing reaction mechanisms, nucleophilic substitution reactions: the SN1 and SN2 reaction mechanisms and elimination reactions: the E1 and E2 reaction mechanisms. These summary notes also include worked examples as revision practice.

I got a 1st in my first year studying chemistry at the University of Birmingham using these revision notes that I have uploaded. They include detail on the structure and bonding of alkenes, consequences of the pi bond, E- and Z- isomers, stability of alkenes, bonding and geometry of alkynes, acidity of alkanes, alkenes and alkynes, elimination (making alkenes from alkyl halides), the Wittig Reaction, synthesis of alkenes from alkynes, dissolving metal reduction, synthesis of alkynes from differe...

I got a 1st in my first year studying chemistry at the University of Birmingham using these revision notes that I have uploaded. They include detail on formation of aldehydes, ketones and carboxylic acids and reactions of aldehydes and ketones, nucleophilic addition reactions of aldehydes and ketones, nucleophilic addition-elimination reactions of carboxylic acid derivatives, hydrolysis of esters and amides, imines, enamines, hydrazones and oximes, conjugation and acetals. These summary notes al...

I got a 1st in my first year studying chemistry at the University of Birmingham using these revision notes that I have uploaded. They include detail on structure of benzene, stability of aromatic compounds, criteria for aromaticity, electrophilic substitution, benzene vs olefin reactivity with electrophiles, arrow-pushing mechanisms for a range of electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions, functional group interconversion, selectivity in substitution reactions, how substitutents on a benzene...

I got a 1st in my first year studying chemistry at the University of Birmingham using these revision notes that I have uploaded. They include detail on transition metal properties, ligands, stereochemistry, crystal field theory, crystal field splitting for tetrahedral and octahedral complexes, factors affecting tetrahedral and octahedral splitting, Jahn-Teller theorem and application, tetrahedral and octahedral distortions, reactivity of transition metals, solution chemistry and stability consta...

I got a 1st in my first year studying chemistry at the University of Birmingham using these revision notes that I have uploaded. They include detail on basic crystallography, metallic bonding and simple ionic solids. These summary notes also include worked examples as revision practice.

I got a 1st in my first year studying chemistry at the University of Birmingham using these revision notes that I have uploaded. They include detail on gravimetric analysis, the solubility product, common ion effect, volumetric analysis, the operation of indicators, acid-base titrations, calculating pH, Henderson-Hasselbalch equation, back titrations, strong acid-strong base titrations, weak acid-strong base titrations, pH curves, weak base-strong acid titrations, triprotic acids, dibasic base, ...

I got a 1st in my first year studying chemistry at the University of Birmingham using these revision notes that I have uploaded. They include detail on the Rydberg Equation, the work of Bohr, Planck and De Broglie, the Schrodinger Equation, wave-particle duality, quantum numbers, radial distribution functions, hydrogen wave functions, many electron systems, the Pauli principle, the Aufbau principle, Hund's rule of maximum multiplicity, exchange energy, transition elements, energies of the diffe...

I got a 1st in my first year studying chemistry at the University of Birmingham using these revision notes that I have uploaded. They include detail on orbital hybridisation, isolobality, Molecular Orbital (MO) Theory, the LCAO approach, bond order, types of non-bonding and bonding atomic orbital overlap. These summary notes also include worked examples as revision practice.