WJEC AS & A Level Chemistry Revision Notes & Resources

The WJEC examination board provides qualifications for schools and colleges in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and several independent regions. Comparatively, it’s a small board in the UK but we want all our teacher and student subscribers to feel supported in their A-level Chemistry studies. Thankfully, WJEC falls under Eduqas, and all six of the UK’s main examination boards have a lot of similarities and overlap. Scroll through our handy table of resources below to direct you to all the information you need to excel in your tuition, revision and examinations.

​Topic ​WJEC specification ​Reference document ​Additional content required

THE LANGUAGE OF CHEMISTRY, STRUCTURE OF MATTER​

​1.1

​Formulae and equations

OCR: 02. Compounds, formulae and equations​

​1.2

​Basic idea about atoms

CIE: 02. Atomic structure

CIE: 12. An introduction to the chemistry of transition metals (shape of d-orbitals & colour of complexes)

Radioactivity, atomic emission spectrum of the hydrogen atom, order of increasing energy of infrared, visible and ultraviolet light, Lyman series​

​1.3

Chemical calculations​

AQA: 02. Amount of substance

Edexcel: 16. Redox equilibria (Calculating the uncertainties in measurements)

​1.4

​Bonding

​AQA: 03. Bonding

​intermediate character of many bonds between purely ionic and purely covalent

​1.5

​Solid structures

​CIE: 04. States of matter

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​1.6

​The periodic table

​CIE: 09. The periodic table: chemical periodicity

​CIE. 10. Group 2

​CIE. 11. Group 17

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​OCR: 29. Qualitative analysis

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​1.7

​Simple equilibria and acid-base reactions

​AQA: 06. Chemical Equilibria, Le Chatelier’s principle and Kc

​AQA: 12. Acids and bases

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​ENERGY, RATE AND CHEMISTRY OF CARBON COMPOUNDS

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​2.1

​Thermochemistry

​OCR: 12. Enthalpy changes

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​2.2

​Rates of reaction

​OCR: 13. Reaction rates

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​2.3

​The wider impact of chemistry

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​2.4

​Organic compounds

​AQA: 19. Introduction to organic chemistry

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​2.5

​Hydrocarbons

​AQA: 19. Introduction to organic chemistry

​AQA: 20. Alkanes

​AQA: 22. Alkenes

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​2.6

​Halogenoalkanes

​CIE: 16. Halogen derivatives

​CIE: 38. Chromatography and qualitative analysis (test for halogenoalkanes)

​OCR: 19. Haloalkanes

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​2.7

​Alcohols and carboxylic acids

​AQA: 23. Alcohols

​OCR: 32. Carboxylic acids and esters

​reaction of carboxylic acids with hydrogen carbonates

​2.8

​Instrumental analysis

​OCR: 21. Analytical techniques

​OCR: 39. Spectroscopy

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​PHYSICAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

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3.1

3.​2

Redox and standard electrode potential

​Redox reactions

​Edexcel: 12. Redox chemistry

​Edexcel: 31. Redox equilibria

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​3.3

​Chemistry of the p-block

​CIE: 09. The periodic table: chemical periodicity

​CIE: 11. Group 17

​Group 3 elements, properties of CO2 and PbO, Bonding in group 4 chlorides and their reaction with water

​3.4

​Chemistry of the d-block transition metals

​AQA: 17. Transition metals

​AQA: 18. Reaction of ions in aqueous solution

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​3.5

​Chemical kinetics

​AQA: 09. Rate equations

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​3.6

​Enthalpy changes for solids and solutions

​OCR: 25. Lattice enthalpy

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​3.7

​Entropy and feasibility of reactions

​OCR: 26. Enthalpy and entropy

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​3.8

​Equilibrium constants

​AQA: 10. Equilibrium constant Kp for homogenous systems

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​3.9

​Acid-base equilibria

​AQA: 12. Acids and bases

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​ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND ANALYSIS​

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​4.1

​Stereoisomerism

​AQA: 19. Introduction to organic chemistry (E-Z isomerism)

​AQA: 25. Optical isomerism

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​4.2

​Aromaticity

​AQA: 28. Aromatic chemistry

​CIE: 15. Hydrocarbons (Electrophilic substitution of benzene)

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​4.3

​Alcohols and phenols

​CIE: 17. Hydroxy compounds

​CIE: 19. Carboxylic acids and derivatives (reaction of alcohols with carboxylic acids and acyl chlorides & reaction of phenol with ethanoyl chloride)

​AQA: 21. Halogenoalkanes (forming primary and secondary alcohols from halogenoalkanes)

​AQA: 26. Aldehydes and ketones (forming primary and secondary alcohols from carbonyl compounds)

​FeCl3(aq) test for phenols

​4.4

​Aldehydes and ketones

​CIE: 18. Carbonyl compounds

​addition of HCN to propanone

​4.5

​Carboxylic acids and their derivatives

​CIE: 19. Carboxylic acids and derivatives

​Edexcel: 28. Carboxylic acids (Reduction of carboxylic acids)

​CIE: 15. Hydrocarbons (Oxidation of side chains in arenes)

​OCR: 36. Carbon-carbon bond formation

​CIE: 20. Nitrogen compounds (Reaction of amides)

​decarboxylation of carboxylic acids,conversion of carboxylic acids to nitriles

​4.6

​Amines

​CIE: 20. Nitrogen compounds

​reaction of primary amines (aliphatic) with cold nitric(III) acid,origin of colour in terms of the wavelengths of visible light absorbed

​4.7

​Amino acids, peptides and proteins

​AQA: 31. Amino acids, proteins and DNA

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​4.8

​Organic synthesis and analysis

​AQA: 32. Organic synthesis

​AQA: 30. Polymers

​AQA: 33. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

​AQA: 34. Chromatography

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