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==Chemical thermodynamics==
===Definition of the state functions ''G'' and ''F''===
*Gibbs' free energy ''G'' and Helmholz' free energy ''F''
*Thermodynamic identities involving d''H'', d''F'' and d''G''
*Gibbs-Helmholz equation
===Chemical potential===
*Definition of the chemical potential of a pure substance from ''G''
*Expression of d''G'' in terms of temperature, pressure and quantity of matter
*Variation of the chemical potential of a pure substance with pressure and temperature
*Partial molar quantities
*Definition of the chemical potential of a constituant of a mixture (homogeneous or heterogeneous)
*d''G'' = &minus;''S''d''T'' + ''V''d''p'' + &Sigma;&mu;<sub>i</sub>d''n''<sub>i</sub>
*''G'' = &Sigma;''n''<sub>i</sub>&mu;<sub>i</sub>
*Gibbs-Duhem equation
*Expression of the chemical potential:
**for an ideal gas in an ideal mixture
**for a constituent of an ideal condensed mixture
**for a solute in a very dilute solution
*Activity, activity coefficient, fugacity, fugacity coefficient
===Reaction quantities===
*Chemical affinity of a system: definition, direction of spontaneous evolution of a system
*Definition and expression of the thermodynamic equilibrium constant ''K''<sup><s>o</s></sup>
*Expression of the chemical affinity in terms of the equilibrium constant and the product ‘’Q’’
*Variance, factors which affect an equilibrium (''p'', ''T'', ''x''<sub>i</sub>)
*Variation of the equilibrium constant with temperature: van't Hoff's equation
*Laws of modification of equilibria: effect of temperature, pressure and the introduction of an active or inactive constituent
===Phase equilibria of binary mixtures===
*Liquid-vapour equilibria: isobaric and isothermal conditions, with total or zero miscibility in the liquid phase
*Solid-liquid equilibria, isobaric conditions, total miscibility in the liquid phase, total or zero miscibility in the solid phase: concept of a defined phase
*Theory of chemical moments

==Organic chemistry and spectroscopy==
===IR and NMR spectroscopy: structure determination===
*Principles of IR spectroscopy: qualitative description of normal modes of vibration
*Principles of proton NMR spectroscopy: chemical shift, spin-spin coupling, coupling constant, integration
===Organometallics===
''See [[#Aldehydes and ketones|Aldehydes and ketones]]''
===Alkenes===
*Simple Huckel theory: moleculer orbital of ethylene, description of conjugated systems, application to butadiene
*Hydrogenation with heterogeneous catalysis
*Epoxydation with peroxycarboxylic acids
*Hydrolysis of epoxides (acid and base)
*''syn''-Dihydroxylation with osmium tetroxide
*Preparation of primary alcohols by hydroboration of a terminal alkene
*Ozonolysis
*Diels-Alder reaction: mechanism, frontier orbital interactions

===Aromatic hydrocarbons===
*Aromaticity
*Geometric and electronic structure of benzene
*Electrophilic aromatic substitution: general mechanism, alkylation, acylation, nitration and halogenation
*Interpretation of the orientation of the substitution of anisole and nitrobenzene
*Holemann's rules
===Amines===
''See [[#Carboxylic acids and their derivatives|Carboxylic acids and their derivatives]]''
===Aldehydes and ketones===
*Preparation by oxidation of alcohols
*Nucleophilic additions:
**formation of acetals (with mechanism)
**reduction by sodium borohydride
**addition of Grignard reagents
*Tautomerism: keto-enol and aldo-enol equilibria
*&alpha;-Reactivity: formation of enolate anions
*Generality of the formation of carbanions &alpha; to a &pi;-attracting group
*Reactions of enolate anions:
**aldol condensation (with mechanism)
**crotonisation (with mechanisms E1, E2 and E2cb)
*C-alkylation (with mechanism)
*&alpha;,&beta;-conjugated carbonyls: conjugated addition, reaction with organolithiums, organ coppers and Grignard reagents
*Wittig reaction
===Carboxylic acids and their derivatives===
*Preparation of esters:
**from carboxylic acids and alcohols (with mechanism)
**by reaction of alcohols with acyl chlorides or acid anhydrides (with mechanism)
*Preparation of amides by reaction of amines with acyl chlorides or acid anhydrides (with mechanism)
*Saponification of esters (with mechanism)
*Hydrolysis of nitriles and amides
*Reduction of esters to primary alcohols by lithium aluminium hydride
*Syntheses with malonic esters

==Materials==
===Structure and organisation of condensed phases===
====Crystal systems and cohesive forces in crystals====
*Solid state: amorphous solids, crystalline solids. Model of the perfect crystal
*Elementary definitions: lattice, site, unit cell, asymmetric unit
*Crystal systems. ''Z'', coordination, density, filling efficiency
====Close-packed structures====
*Hexagonal close-packed and face-centred cubic structures
*Tetrahedral and octahedral sites in a face-centred cubic structure
===Principal types of crystal===
====Metallic crystals====
*Close-packed structures (hcp, fcc) and non close-packed structures (bcc)
*Allotropy
*Macroscopic physical characteristics of the metallic bond
====Ionic crystals====
*Description of four structures derived from cubic systems: CsCl, NaCl, zinc blende and CaF<sub>2</sub>
*Definition of the coordinence of the anion and of the cation
*Radius rules for 1-1 cubic structures
====Covalent crystals====
*Diamond
*Graphite
====Molecular crystals====
*Ice (cubic)
===Metallic materials===
====Some principles of the extraction of metals====
*Construction and use of Ellingham diagrams: application to pyrometallurgy
*Construction and use of ''E''-pH diagrams: application to hydrometallurgy (lixiviation, purification, cementation)
*Use of current-potential curves: application to the preparation of zinc by electrolysis
====Corrosion====
*Galvanisation
===Organic polymers===
====Generalities====
*Chemical structure of organic macromolecules
*Basic definitions describing these structures: repeating unit, degree of  polymerisation, linear chains, branched chains
*Polymolecularity (qualitative discussion)
*Definitions: glass transition, semicrystallinity, glassy state, rubbery state
====Polymerisation by steps====
*Reactive groups and functionality
*General mechanism
====Chain polymerisation====
*Active centres
*Radical polymerisation and ionic polymerisation
*Radical polymerisation: general mechanism, rate of polymerisation, order of reaction with respect to the promotor and the monomer
*Anionic polymerisation: Monomers concerned, general mechanism, rate of polymerisation, “living” polymers
*Molecular structure of chain polymers:
**tacticity
**isomerism
*Mani differences between polymers produced by the two types of polymerisation: polymolecularity, “living” character, importance of transfer reactions
===Diversity of structures===
*Condensation copolymerisation
*Chain copolymerisation: statistical copolymer, block copolymer, influence of relative reactivities
*Reticulation reactions
===Relationship between structure and properties===
*Conformations of an isolated flexible chain in a vacuum, statistical effective radius
*Solubility and expansion
*Mechanical properties:
**thermoplastics
**thermosets
**elastomers