Colourful Solutions for Chemistry

Introduction

The following index gives links to all of the material required for the IB syllabus (first examinations 2025).

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Syllabus 2016

The new syllabus for first examinations 2025 contains several changes with respect to the previous (2016) version. The main section headings are shown below. The syllabus statements can be accessed by clicking on each sub-section heading.

Core	Additional higher level
1. Stoichiometric relationships 1.1 - Introduction to the particulate nature of matter and chemical change 1.2 - The mole concept 1.3 - Reacting masses and volumes
2. Atomic Structure 2.1 - The nuclear atom 2.2 - Electron configuration	12. - Atomic structure 12.1 - Electrons in atoms
3. Periodicity 3.1 - Periodic table 3.2 - Periodic trends	13. - The periodic table—the transition metals 13.1 - First-row d-block elements 13.2 - Coloured complexes
4. Chemical bonding and structure 4.1 - Ionic bonding and structure 4.2 - Covalent bonding 4.3 - Covalent structures 4.4 - Intermolecular forces 4.5 - Metallic bonding	14. - Chemical bonding and structure 14.1 - Covalent bonding and electron domain and molecular geometries 14.2 - Hybridization
5. Energetics/ Thermodynamics 5.1 - Measuring energy changes 5.2 - Hess’s Law 5.3 - Bond enthalpies	15. - Energetics/thermochemistry 15.1 - Energy cycles 15.2 - Entropy and spontaneity
6. Chemical kinetics 6.1 - Collision theory and rates of reaction	16. - Chemical kinetics 16.1 - Rate expression and reaction mechanism 16.2 - Activation energy
7. Equilibrium 7.1 - Equilibrium	17. - Equilibrium 17.1 - The equilibrium law
8. Acids and bases 8.1 - Theories of acids and bases 8.2 - Properties of acids and bases 8.3 - The pH scale 8.4 - Strong and weak acids and bases 8.5 - Acid deposition	18. - Acids and bases 18.1 - Lewis acids and bases 18.2 - Calculations involving acids and bases 18.3 - pH curves
9. Redox processes 9.1 - Oxidation and reduction 9.2 - Electrochemical cells	19. - Redox processes 19.1 - Electrochemical cells
10. Organic chemistry 10.1 - Fundamentals of organic chemistry 10.2 - Functional group chemistry	20. - Organic chemistry 20.1 - Types of organic reactions 20.2 - Synthetic routes 20.3 - Stereoisomerism
11. Measurement and data processing 11.1 - Uncertainties and errors in measurement and results 11.2 - Graphical techniques 11.3 - Spectroscopic identification of organic compounds	21. - Measurement and analysis 21.1 - Spectroscopic identification of organic compounds

Core

Additional higher level

1. Stoichiometric relationships

2. Atomic Structure

12. - Atomic structure

12.1 - Electrons in atoms

3. Periodicity

13. - The periodic table—the transition metals

4. Chemical bonding and structure

14. - Chemical bonding and structure

5. Energetics/ Thermodynamics

15. - Energetics/thermochemistry

6. Chemical kinetics

6.1 - Collision theory and rates of reaction

16. - Chemical kinetics

7. Equilibrium

7.1 - Equilibrium

17. - Equilibrium

17.1 - The equilibrium law

8. Acids and bases

18. - Acids and bases

9. Redox processes

19. - Redox processes

19.1 - Electrochemical cells

10. Organic chemistry

20. - Organic chemistry

11. Measurement and data processing

21. - Measurement and analysis

21.1 - Spectroscopic identification of organic compounds

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