Organic chemistry: bonding, hybridization and structural features, including oxidation states of organic compounds, the functional group approach: structure, nomenclature, preparation and properties of alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, benzenes, halogen compounds, aldehydes, ketones, amines, ethers, alcohols, phenols, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, organic redox reactions, the use of pKa values in organic reactions, brief treatment of organic reaction mechanisms; Physical chemistry: state and manipulate basic thermodynamic relationships, introductory thermodynamics: enthalpy, the first law and Hess’s law, static and dynamic equilibrium systems, Le Châtelier’s principle, equilibrium calculations including sparingly soluble salts, strong and weak acids, bases and buffers and chemical reactions, pH, qualitative analysis: separation of cations; Inorganic chemistry: orbital types, electronic configuration, classification of elements by property and electronic structure, periodicity of atomic and ionic size, ionization energy, electron affinity, electronegativity, polarizability and polarizing ability, different types of bonds: ionic, covalent, coordinate and metallic, properties of ionic and covalent compounds, criteria for determining the nature of bonding, hybridization of orbitals, molecular shape and VSEPR theory.
