Posted Dec 9, 2017 11:20 AM

Know how to do unit conversions.

You do not need to memorized anything besides the prefixes, i.e. milli=1/1000. Write electronic
configurations for elements and ions with or without noble gas configuration. Related to this are
the diagrams with arrows for electronic configuration. These must follow Hund's and Pauli's
rules. Know which is which. When you make hybrids the energy between an sp2 and the left
over p is low enough that in carbon the fourth valence electron goes in the empty p rather than
pairing in one of the sp2. This is true of other elements that make hybrids, especially sp, sp2 and
sp3 for n=2. Be able to critique a Lewis structure to see what options are the most correct. All
valid Lewis structures must use the right number of valence electrons. C,N, O, and F always
have an octet, and H always has a duet. Outside atoms, except for H, always have an octet. If
you just have single bonds there won't be resonance. If you have a double or triple bond you
might have resonance. The skeletal bonds (sigma bonds) will all be the same in all the resonance
structures for a compound. You don't get to move around atoms. You only get to move pi bonds
so the double or triple bond move around. Know the general trends of electronegativity (you
won't be given a table) so that you can pick out the most ionic or most covalent. These should be
pretty blatant which is why you won't have a table. CCl4 is more likely to be covalent than BaS
for example. Know what a molecular, complete ionic, and net ionic equation is and be able to
pick out the actual product and spectator ions from an equation. Be able to tell me if a reaction is
acid/base, redox or precipitation and whether it is single replacement(always redox) or double
replacement(acid/base, ppt, or both). Be able to use OILRIG to tell me what is oxidized and
what is reduced and be able to give me oxidation numbers. For metal ions the oxidation number
is actually the charge, but for other things it isn't but it helps us tell what is reduced or
oxidized. Conservation of charge is one of the really important conservation laws which is why
there must always be both oxication and reduction otherwise charge would be created or
destroyed. Valid chemical reactions must follow conservation of charge and mass. Be able to do
dilution problems and stoichiometry problems with molarity. The vitamin C lab would be good
practice for this. The Beer's law lab is good practice for dilution. Know that the energy that a
substance absorbs when its temperature is raised is c*m*delta T. I would give you c since this is
a physical property of the substance. I did one of these in the review, but here are some extra
ones:

http://www.chemteam.info/Thermochem/Determine-Specific-Heat.html

Know how to get frequency from wavelength and visa versa. This might be a good one for your
card. Another one would be the energy of a photon . You may have a 4x6" card for the
final. Know the general form for energy states in an H atom. This is the one with 1/n^2. You
should also understand the basic tenets that are behind the development of the hydrogen atom
theory. Know periodic trends and be able to give me the hybridization from a formula which
you get by doing the Lewis structure and calculating the number of electronic regions. The
number of electronic regions is equal to the number of orbitals needed to make the hybrid.

sp=2
sp2=3

sp3=4

sp3d=5

sp3d2=6

Be able to calculate an empirical formula given mass percents. If I give you a solubility table,
and I will, you should be able to use it to calculate if a solid forms. There is at least one problem
on limiting reagents. There are several problems on the ideal gas law, both the full law and the
abbreviated ones in which at least one of the variables is held constant. There is both a
conceptual and a computational question on the kinetic theory of gases. Be able to calculate a
delta H for a reaction from heats of formation. You should be able to use Hess' Law to also
calculate a delta H of reaction from several other reactions which can be combined to make up
the desired reaction if you are given the delta H's for the other reactions. These are those
enthalpy puzzles. One was on an exam as a worked problem. Here are some more examples of
these.

http://www.chemteam.info/Thermochem/HessLawIntro1a.html