11–12Chemistry 11–12 Syllabus (2025)
The new Chemistry 11–12 Syllabus (2025) is to be implemented from 2028 and will replace the Chemistry Stage 6 Syllabus (2017).
2026 and 2027
- Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2028, Term 1
- Start teaching the new syllabus for Year 11
- Start implementing new Year 11 school-based assessment requirements
- Continue to teach the Chemistry Stage 6 Syllabus (2017) for Year 12
2028, Term 4
- Start teaching the new syllabus for Year 12
- Start implementing new Year 12 school-based assessment requirements
2029
- First HSC examination for the new syllabus
Content
Year 12
- CH-12-03
analyses the structural, chemical and physical properties of carbon compounds and their uses
Simple organic compounds refer only to the Loading of alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, alcohols, haloalkanes, carboxylic acids and esters specifically addressed in the Organic chemistry focus area.
Relevant Working scientifically outcomes and content must be integrated with each focus area. All the Working scientifically outcomes and content must be addressed by the end of Year 12.
Use molecular formulas, condensed structural formulas, expanded structural formulas and skeletal structures to represent Loading
Use International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) nomenclature to name and construct representations of straight chain and branched chain Loading C1–C8
Construct and model Loading of alkanes C1–C8 to compare their molecular shapes
Explain why alkanes, alkenes and alkynes belong to different homologous series
Construct and model the position isomers and geometric isomers of alkenes and alkynes C1–C8 and explore their molecular shapes
Assess the health and safety risks when handling and disposing of gaseous and liquid hydrocarbons
Conduct a laboratory experiment to compare the chemical properties of alkanes and alkenes
Relate Loading to the shapes, bonding and polarity of molecules
Conduct a secondary-source investigation to analyse the relationship between boiling point and chain length of straight chain hydrocarbons C1–C8
Use IUPAC nomenclature to name and construct representations of haloalkanes C1–C8
Construct chemical equations and Loading to represent the Loading of alkenes when added to hydrogen, halogens, hydrogen halides (HX) and water
Construct chemical equations and models to represent the Loading between alkanes and halogens to form haloalkanes
Explain reactivity differences between alkanes and alkenes during addition reactions and substitution reactions
Conduct a secondary-source investigation to discuss the uses of methane and ethene in relation to their physical and chemical properties
Solve Loading problems involving hydrocarbons to determine the quantities of reactants and products
Use molecular formulas, condensed structural formulas, expanded structural formulas and skeletal structures to represent alcohols
Use IUPAC nomenclature to name and construct representations of primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols C1–C8
Explain the properties of homologous series of primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols in terms of intermolecular and intramolecular bonding
Conduct a secondary-source investigation to analyse the relationship between chain length, boiling point and solubility in water in straight chain primary alcohols C1–C8
Use IUPAC nomenclature to name and construct representations of position isomers of alcohols C1–C8
Compare the reactants, products and experimental conditions of complete and Loading reactions
Construct equations, state conditions and predict products to represent Loading of alcohols C1–C8
Analyse the relationship between Loading of combustion and chain length of alcohols
Conduct a laboratory experiment to measure the enthalpy of combustion of a variety of alcohols
Construct equations, state conditions and predict products relating to the dehydration of alcohols
Account for aldehyde and ketone products in the oxidation of alcohols
Construct equations, state conditions and predict products relating to the substitution of alcohols with hydrogen halides (HX)
Conduct a laboratory experiment to demonstrate the reactivity of primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols
Construct equations to illustrate the production of alcohols using haloalkane substitution reactions
Solve chemical reaction problems involving alcohols to determine the quantities of reactants and products
Evaluate the processes involved in producing alcohol from plants and Loading
Use molecular formulas, condensed structural formulas, expanded structural formulas and skeletal structures to represent organic acids
Use IUPAC nomenclature to name and construct representations of organic acids C1–C8
Conduct a secondary-source investigation to analyse the relationship between chain length, boiling point and solubility in water in unbranched carboxylic acids C1–C8
Outline the production of carboxylic acids through oxidation of primary alcohols
Conduct a laboratory experiment to identify the presence of a carboxylic acid
Analyse the effect of intermolecular forces on the boiling point and solubility Loading of alkanes, alcohols and carboxylic acids
Apply stoichiometric calculations to determine the quantities of reactants and products in reactions involving carboxylic acids
Use molecular formulas, condensed structural formulas, expanded structural formulas and skeletal structures to represent esters
Use IUPAC nomenclature to name and construct representations of esters C1–C8
Construct representations of functional group isomers of carboxylic acids and esters C1–C8
Relate the boiling points of esters, alcohols and carboxylic acids to their structures
Relate the combustibility of esters, alcohols and carboxylic acids to their physical properties
Conduct a Loading to safely produce and purify an ester in the school laboratory using a condensation reaction
Examine the role of esterification reactions in the condensation Loading process to produce polyester polymers
Solve chemical reaction problems involving the production of esters to determine the amounts of reactants and products
Construct flow charts to show reaction pathways for ester synthesis, including pathways that involve more than one step