Below you will find our collection of revision notes and video tutorials. For the best revision experience, use both the notes and the videos at the same time to help you follow along. All resources are updated for the latest OCR Chemistry specification.
Ask your teacher if you are unsure wheather you are taking OCR A or B.
OCR A Revision Notes
Resources linked with permission from Neil Goalby at chemrevise.org
Module 1
Practical guideModule 2
1.1 & 1.2 Atomic structure1.3 Amount of substance
1.4 Acids
1.5 Redox
2.1 Electron structure
2.2 Bonding and structure
Module 3
1.1 Periodicity1.2 Group 2
1.3 Halogens
1.4 Qualitative analysis
2.1 Enthalpy changes
2.2 Reaction rates
2.3 Equilibrium
Module 4
1.1 Basic concepts1.2 Alkanes
1.3 Alkenes
2.1 Alcohols
2.2 Haloalkanes
2.3 Organic synthesis
2.4 Analytical techniques
Module 5
1.1 How fast1.2 How far
1.3 Acids, bases and buffers
2.1 & 2.2 Energy
2.3 Electrode potentials
3.1 Transition metals
3.2 Qualitative analysis
Module 6
1.1 Aromatic compounds1.2 Carbonyls
1.3 Carboxylic acids and esters
2.1 Amines
2.2 Amino acids and amides
2.3 Polyesters and polyamides
2.4 C-C bond formation
2.5 Organic synthesis
3.1 Chromatography
3.2 Spectroscopy
OCR A Video Tutorials
Module 2
- Atomic structure and isotopes
- Amount of substance, compounds, formulae and equations
- Redox
- Electron structure
- Bonding and structure
- Acids
Module 3
- Periodicity
- Group 2
- The halogens and qualitative analysis
- Enthalpy changes
- Reaction rates
- Chemical equilibrium
Module 4
OCR B Video Tutorials
Elements of life (EL)
- Atomic structure
- Bonding and structure
- Energy, matter and modern analytical techniques
- Formulae, equations and amount of substance
- Inorganic chemistry and the periodic table
Developing Fuels (DF)
- Alkenes, fuels and polymers
- Gas volumes, enthalpy and catalysts
- Organic nomenclature & structural isomerism