Optical Isomerism and Carbonyl Compounds - AQA A Level Chemistry
Complete AQA A Level Chemistry booklet for 3.3.7 Optical Isomerism and 3.3.8 Aldehydes and Ketones. Nine lessons, worked examples and tiered practice questions.
Written for Year 13 and ready to print or issue digitally. Each lesson follows the same structure: learning objectives, exposition, worked examples, a Common Mistake box, an Exam Tip box, and a set of independent practice questions with CHALLENGE items for stretch.
Lessons cover:
• Chirality and enantiomers
• Optical activity and racemic mixtures
• Nomenclature of aldehydes and ketones
• Reactivity and formation of carbonyl compounds
• Oxidation of aldehydes, Fehling’s solution and Tollens’ reagent
• Reduction with NaBH₄, including the full nucleophilic addition mechanism
• Nucleophilic addition of KCN, including hazards and control measures
• Formation of enantiomers in nucleophilic addition
• Review and consolidation, with a single-page reaction map linking every reaction in the topic
Also includes a learning intentions checklist with RAG rating, Do Now spaces for retrieval practice, note-taking pages, exam-style questions, and a SLOP booklet of further practice.
Written by a Head of Chemistry and practising AQA GCSE Chemistry examiner.
