Mnemonics

Grade 12 Chemistry Session

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Hydrogen – HElium – LIthium – BEryllium – Boron – Carbon – Nitrogen – Oxygen –

Fluorine – NEon – NAtrium(Sodium) – maGnesium – ALuminium – SIlicon –
Phosphorus – Sulfur – chLorine – ARgon – Kalium (Potassium) – CAlcium – SCandium
– TItanium –Vanadium – chRomium – maNganese – FErrum(Iron) – CObalt – NIckel –
CUprum(copper) – ZiNC

Has HErmione LIked BEing Beside Cormac? No Obviously, Fool

NEvertheless, NAmeless maGic ALlocated SIckles Plus Sold CLeansweeps Around

Kingsley’s Cafeteria. → FOR THE POTTERHEADS OUT THERE!

s-Block Element – Periodic Table
Shortcut Tricks
Group Elements Mnemonic Group

1 Li, Na, K, Ru,Cs,Fr LiNa Ki Ruby Cse Friendship hai

Lions Never Keep Rabbits Cooped,
Freakishly

2 Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Br, Ra Beta Mange Car Scooter Baap Raazi
Be My Cat, Sr. Bad Rat
p-Block Element – Periodic
Table Shortcut Tricks
GROUP 13 : Boron(B),Aluminium(Al),Gallium (Ga),Indium(In),and Thallium(Ti).

MNEMONIC : Bowler Ali Gave Instant Tea

beta ali gaya india Thailand

Group 14 : Carbon(C),Silicon(Si),Germanium (Ge),Tin(Sn),and lead(Pb)

MNEMONIC: Chemistry Sir Gets Snacks Publicly

Chemistry Sir Gives snki Problems

Group 15 : Nitrogen(N),Phosphorus(P),Arsenic(As),Antimony(Sb),and Bismuth(Bi)

MNEMONIC: No Person can Assassinate Sebastian Billy in McAllen

Nana Patekar Aishwariya SaB Bikhari

S-Block Element – Periodic
Table Shortcut Tricks
GROUP 16 : Oxygen(O) sulphur (S), Selenium(S), Tellurium(Te), and Polonium(Po)
MNEMONIC : Old Style Sets TemPo

Old style se TePo

Group 17 : Fluorine (F), Chlorine(Cl),Bromine(Br),Iodine(I),and Astatine(At)

MNEMONIC : First Class Briyani In Australia

Fir kal Bahar Aai Esi

Group 18 : Helium (He), Neon (Ne), Argon (Ar), Krypton (Kr), Xenon (Xe), and
Radon (Rn)

MNEMONIC: Hero Never Argues, Kryptonite Xterminates Rao

He Never Argue; Kal Xero Run pe out hua

D Block Elements
3d Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn
Scary Tiny Vicious Creatures are Mean; Females Come to NightClub Zen
Science Ti(ea)cher Vineeta Criplani Man Fenko (FeCo) Ni Kyun(Cu) Zaan hai

4d Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd

Yes S(Z)ir, Nob. Most Technicians Ruin Rob's Pale Silver Cadillac

Yeh Zarra Nabi bana Mohabbat mein Teri, Ro Ro Pukarogi Aaj ise Chandni
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Period 5: Yar zara November Month Tc Ruka Reh, Padi Age
Caddilac
Yikes! Zirconium Noob! Most Technicians Rub Rhodl’s Pointed
Silva (Ag) Cadillac
Y, Z, Nb, Mo, Tc, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Cd

Period 6: Last Hafte Tak We Require Os In Pt Gold(Au),

Mercury(Hg)
Larry’s Half Taken, We Require Obvious Irrigation to Plant
Gold(Au), Mercury(Hg)
La, HF, Ta, W, Re, Os, In, Pt, Au, Hg

f block
Lanthanoides: Celebrating Produces And Pam Sam European
Gadhe(Donkey in Hindi)
Tumble Dyed Hot Engineers To make Yb Lu
Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, He, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu
D Block Elements
5d La Hf Tu W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg
La HafTa Warna Re Us (Os) Iron rod se Pitega Aur Hospital JAeega
Laxman’s Half Taken, Wasim Reached Out Iron Plate Audibly (for) Hone

6d Ac Rf Db Sg Bh Hs Mt Ds Rg Cn
Akkountant R D Sharma ki Book Mein Hain Maths ke Darawane Sawaal
Aktually, R D Sharma Book Has Math Difficult Sums
F Block Elements
F-BLOCK ELEMENT – Periodic Table Shortcut Tricks

F-block elements are also termed as inner transition elements. They can be
further divided into Lanthanides and Actinides. Lanthanides include Cerium (Ce),
Praseodymium (Pr), Neodymium (Nd), Promethium (Pm), Samarium (Sm),
Europium (Eu), Gadolinium (Gd), Terbium (Tb), Dysprosium (Dy), Holmium (Ho),
Erbium (Er), Thulium (Tm), Ytterbium (Yb) and Lutetium (Lu). We can mug them
up in a very interesting way by dividing them in three parts:

1. Cerium (Ce), Praseodymium (Pr), Neodymium (Nd), Promethium (Pm), and

Samarium (Sm)
Mnemonic for Lanthanides Part 1: Celina aur Priety Ne dande se Pammy aur
Simmy ko mara.

2. Europium (Eu), Gadolinium (Gd), Terbium (Tb), Dysprosium (Dy), Holmium

(Ho), Europe Germany Turkey Denmark Holland
F Block Elements
F-BLOCK ELEMENT – Periodic Table Shortcut Tricks

3. Erbium (Er), Thulium (Tm), Ytterbium (Yb) and Lutetium (Lu)

Mnemonic for Lanthanides Part 3: E re, dekh Tamatar Yellow aur bLue hain.
Champions Prefer Nailing Powerful Smashes, Even Going Through Hoops,
Every Time Yelling 'Ludicrous

Actinides Part Elements Mnemonic

Part 1 Th, Pa, U, Np Thode Pehelwan Unse Niptengey
Part 2 Pu, Am, Cm, Bk Purane Aam Kam Bikenge
Part 3 Fm, Md, No, Lr Itni Family aMdani mein No Ladki rajee
The Panthers Urge Needy Pumas, Asking Mighty Cubs, 'Bake Cool Food, Emitting
Steamy Fragrance, Madly, Now, Lil' Rascal
F Block Elements

Amphoteric oxides - Janabe Ali Be car gaye punjabi-baag, australia, sibia bik
gaya germany ke hath.
(Zn, Al, Be, Cr, Ga, Pb, As, Sb, Bi, Ge)
Reactivity Series
How to remember the Reactivity Series?

Most reactive
Please Potassium
Stop Sodium
Calling Calcium
Me Magnesium
A Aluminium
Careless (Carbon)
Zebra Zinc
Instead Iron
Try Tin
Learning Lead
How (Hydrogen)
Copper Copper
Saves Silver
Gold Gold Least reactive
Electromagnetic Spectrum:
Radio Rotten
Micro Men
IR Inevitably
Visible Visit
Uv Ugly
X Ex
Gamma Girlfriends
Solid State : Bravais Lattice
Trick

Axial character Angles

C→ Cubic a=b=c α=β=γ=90°

T→ Tetragonal a=b≠c α=β=γ=90°

O→ Orthorhombic a≠b≠c α=β=γ=90°

R→ Rhombohedral a=b=c α=β=γ≠90°

H→ Hexagonal a=b≠c α=β=90°;γ=120°

M→ Monoclinic a≠b≠c α=γ=90°≠β

T→ Triclinic a≠b≠c α≠β≠γ≠90°

SOLID STATES
Stoichiometric defects are the most popular ones in the exams. Do you tend to
forget the different types. Let me help you here!

My School teaches French in a very interesting way

Now. you can easily remember these terms-

. School - Schottky French- Frenkel

. Very - Vacancy Interesting - Interstitial

Electrochemistry
For remembering what is oxidation and reduction

Just remember Leo and GER:-

LEO-Loss of Electrons-Oxidation

GER-Gain of Electrons-Reduction

L : LEFT O: OXIDATION A: ANODE N : NEGATIVE (LOAN )

Electrochemistry
For remembering the polarity of electrodes in a voltaic cell.

Just remember VAN:-

VAN-Voltaic (cell)-Anode Negative

Now as you know voltaic cell has only two electrode, the remaining electrode i.e.
Cathode is positive-

(And in case of electrolytic cell- Anode positive and cathode is negative)

Electrochemistry
To remember what reaction happens at which electrode:-

To remember what reaction happens at which electrode:-

Red cat: Reduction at cathode

An ox: Anode for oxidation

Remembering the electron flow in an Galvanic cell

Just remember FAT CAT
FAT CAT -Flow Anode to Cathode
Electrochemistry
(Bold Letters in Most Cases Represent Symbols of Metals/Elements)

1) Kedar - K - Potassium
2) Nath - Na - Sodium
3) Ca - Ca - Calcium
4) Mali - Mg - Magnesium
5) Aloo - Al - Aluminium
6) Zara - Zn - Zinc
7) Fike - Fe - Iron
8) Se - Sn - Tin
9) Pkata - Pb - Lead
10) Hai - H - Hydrogen
11) Cyuki - Cu - Copper
12) Har - Hg - Mercury
13) Alag - Ag - Silver
14) Auloo - Au - Gold
15) Pdta - Pt - Platinum
BAN/153 - nf for KMnO4 (basic,acidic,neutral)
Surface Chemistry
Important learning point
SuShmita Sen ke AGE AnuShka Sharma Fail

Dispersed Dispersing medium Type Examples

phase

1. Solid Solid Solid sol Fog, clouds, mist

2. Solid Liquid Sol Smoke, auto, exhaust

3. Solid Gas Aerosol Shaving cream

4. Liquid Solid Gel Milk, face cream

5. Liquid Liquid Emulsion Milk of magnesia, mud

6. Liquid Gas Aerosol Foam, rubber, sponge

7. Gas Solid Solid sol Jelly, cheese, butter

8. Gas Liquid foam Milky glass, coloured gemstone

COORDINATION COMPOUND
SPECTROCHEMICAL SERIES
I brought some colourful sweets from office containing water. Nischay ate nine
in canteen corridor.
I- Br- SCN- Cl- S-2 F- OH- C204–2 H20 NCS- Edta NH3 en CN- CO
The series is in increasing order of the donating power of ligand.
I⁻ = Is Br⁻ = Bar
SCN⁻ = Sachin Cl⁻ = Class
S²⁻ = Se F⁻ = Fir
OH⁻ = hydroxyl C₂O₄²⁻ = carboxylate ke sath
H₂O = Paani NCS⁻ = Nikala
edta⁴⁻ = Aur NH₃ = Nichoda
en = Is CN⁻ = Sham CO = ko
HYDROGEN SPECTRUM
London - Bahut - Purana - Bahut Purana City hai ..

L = Lyman
B = Balmer
P = Paschen
B = Bracket
P = Pfund
DICARBOXYLIC ACID
Gen. form HOOC(CH2)nCOOH (n is number of CH2)

1. Oxalic acid- 0 carbon - Oh

2. Maleic acid- 1 carbon - My

3. Succinic acid- 2 carbon - Sun

4. Glutamic acid-3 carbon - Go

5. Adipic acid- 4 carbon - And

6. Palmitic acid- 5 carbon - Play

Essential Amino Acid
A
. = Arginine Any
H = Histidine Help
I = Isoleucine In
L= Lysine Learning
T = Threonine These
L = Lysine Little
M = Methionine Molecules
P = Phenylalanine Proves
T = Tryptophan Truly
V = Valine Valuable
 essential amino acids

“Today’s Time Prime Minister Very ILL….”

Today’s …. Threonine

Time…. Tryptophan

Prime…. Phenylalanine

Minister…. Methionine

Very…. Valine

I…. Isoleucine

L…. Leucine

L…. Lysine

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-Disaccharides

● Sucrose = glucose + fructose

● Lactose = galactose + glucose

Super glowing Frogs

Leave gardens glowing

Water soluble vitamins

Thiamine (B1) Niacin (B3) Pyridoxine(B6) Folic acid(B9)

Thomas & Richard Never Played PubG But Football & Chess

Riboflavin (B2) Pantothenic Biotin(B7) Cobalamin(B12)

acid (B5)

Fat Soluble Vitamins Eena Meena DEeKA

DEeKA
Vit D Vit E Vit K Vit A
Environmental Chemistry

Ozone in Troposphere Ozone in Stratosphere

● Ozone in the troposphere is ● In the stratosphere, ozone acts

harmful as it results in as a protector from UV
photochemical smog radiation
● OCTOPUS ● OOPS
Chemistry In Everyday Life
Examples of
ANALGESIC

PAIN killer
P = Paracetamol
A = Aspirin
I = Ibuprofen
N = Naproxen
Examples of antiseptics
BSF and ITBP

BSF ITBP
B = Bithional I = Iodoform
S = Soframycin T = Tincture of Iodine
F = Furacine B = Boric Acid
P = Phenol (0.2%)
Examples of Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics

TV AC OFF
T = Tetracycline A = Ampicillin
V = Vancomycin C = Chloremphenicol
Bactericidal and Bacteriostatic
antibiotics examples

Bactericidal Bacteriostatic
SOAP ETC

S = Sulfonamides E = Erythromycin
O = Ofloxacin T = Tetracycline
A = Aminoglycosides C = Chloremphenicol
P = Penicillin
ATOMIC NUMBER 1 to 10

First Sentence - Hi Hello Listen Be.B.C. News On Friday Night.

Hi-H-Hydrogen
Hello-He-Helium
Listen-Li- Lithium
B.-Be-Beryllium
B.-B-Boron
C.-C-Carbon
News-N-Nitrogen
On-O-Oxygen
Friday-F-Fluorine
Night-Ne-Neon
ATOMIC NUMBER 11 to 20
Hindi Second sentence- Na Maango Allah Se(Si) Pepsi Soda Cola Aur Keemti Car
Na-Na-Sodium
Maango-Mg- Magnesium
Allah-Al-Aluminium
Se-Si-Silicon
Pepsi-P-Phosphorus
Soda-S-Sulfur
Cola-Cl-Chlorine
Aur-Ar-Argon
Keemti-K-Potassium
Car-Ca-Calcium
GOC
Quick Trick to Remember Functional groups

By now, you must be clear about the functional groups of carbonyl compounds
and carboxylic acids. But, if you are still confused between CHO, CO, and COOH,
let's make sure you never forget again! Imagine seeing 'All chocolate cones in the
cool box!' Yummm.
GOC
AMINES
S-Block Element – Periodic
Table Shortcut Tricks

Li
LiNa
Na

K ⟶ Ki

Ru ⟶ Ruby

LiNa Ruby
Cs ⟶ Cse

Fr ⟶ Friendship hai
S-Block Element – Periodic
Table Shortcut Tricks

Be ⟶ Beta

Mg ⟶ Mange

Ca ⟶ Car

Sr ⟶ Scooter

Br ⟶ Baap

Ra ⟶ Raazi
S-Block Element – Periodic
Table Shortcut Tricks
Boron(B) B

Aluminium(Al) A
Gallium(Ga) G BAGIT

Indium(In) I
Thallium(Ti) T

Carbon(C) Chemistry

Silicon(Si) Sir Chemistry Sir Gives

Sanki Problems
Germanium (Ge) Gives
Tin(Sn) Sanki
lead(Pb) Problems
S-Block Element – Periodic
Table Shortcut Tricks
Nitrogen(N) Nahi

Phosphorus(P) Pasand
Arsenic(As) Aise
Antimony(Sb) Sab
Bismuth(Bi) Bhai Nahi Pasand Aise Sab Bhai

Oxygen(O) Oh!

Sulphur (S) Style Se

Oh! Style Se Tel Polish
Tellurium(Te) Tel
Polonium(Po) Polish
S-Block Element – Periodic
Table Shortcut Tricks
Fluorine (F) Fir

Chlorine(Cl) Call Kar

Bromine(Br) Bahaar
Iodine(I) AayI
Astatine(At) Aunty Fir Call Kar Bahaar AayI Aunty

Helium (He) He

Neon (Ne) Never

Argon (Ar) Arrived;
He Never Arrived; KIARA
Krypton (Kr) KIARA Xero Run pe Out
Xenon (Xe) Xero
Radon (Rn) Run pe Out
Tamatar
F Block Elements
F-BLOCK ELEMENT – Periodic Table Shortcut Tricks

Erbium (Er) E re

Thulium (Tm) dekh Tamatar

E re, dekh Tamatar Yellow
Ytterbium (Yb) Yellow aur aur bLue hain.
Lutetium (Lu) bLue hain

Actinides Part Elements Mnemonic

Th Thode
Pa Pehelwan Thode Pehelwan Unse
Part 1
U Unse Niptengey

Np Niptengey
F Block Elements
F-BLOCK ELEMENT – Periodic Table Shortcut Tricks

Pu Purane
Am Aam
Part 2 Purane Aam Kam
Cm Kam Bikenge

Bk Bikenge

Fm Itni Family
Md aMdani mein
Part 3 Itni Family aMdani mein
No No No Ladki rajee

Lr Ladki rajee
Name Reactions of Phenols
Kolbe's reaction can be remembered as -COOH-lbe's reaction, COOH group is
added to phenol.

Reimer-Tiemann reaction - In this, phenol reacts with Chloroform in the presence

of a strong base like NaOH to give salicylaldehyde
Williamson Synthesis
A quick way to remember the mechanism of Williamson Synthesis

William favours Son Number 2(SN2) over Son number 1(SN1).

ALDEHYDE KETONE & CARBOXYLIC ACID

Let's Prepare Aldehydes and Ketones with Ease

The three important preparation methods for aldehydes and ketones can be
remembered using 'A Clean New Bed'.
ALDEHYDE KETONE & CARBOXYLIC ACID
Remembering the Reagents to Prepare Aldehydes

Since aldehydes and ketones are prepared from the same compounds, using
different reagents. So, how do we remember which reagent results in the
formation of aldehyde? Maybe Pub and Stan can help:

Pub and Stan had double interest in the company HCl of Uncle Trey
ALDEHYDE KETONE & CARBOXYLIC ACID

Remembering the Reagents to Prepare Ketones

Just like aldehydes, ketones are also prepared from acyl chloride, nitriles and
benzene and its derivatives. Only, the reagents used are different. Let's see a
memory trick to learn the reagents for ketone preparation, using the same Uncle
Trey!

Pub and Chan asked Grignard to settle their Account with Uncle Trey
ALDEHYDE KETONE & CARBOXYLIC ACID

Clemmensen and Wolff-Kishner, Please Don't Confuse us Anymore!

Clemmensen did it in one go! Here, Zinc hugged HCl!

ALDEHYDE KETONE & CARBOXYLIC ACID

2. Wolf-Kishner used two steps.

3. Let Hydra help you remember the reagents for Wolf-Kishner reaction, i.e.
hydrazine, potassium hydroxide and ethylene glycol.
SOLID STATES

Old china town is a Top Rated Historical Movie

S.No What to remember? Crystal System

1 Old Orthorhombic or Rhombic
2 China Cubic
3 Town is a Tetragonal
4 Top Triclinic
5 Rated Rhombohedral or Trigonal
6 Historical Hexagonal
7 Movie Monoclinic
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SOLID
TRICK TO REMEMBER EXAMPLE OF BRAVIAS LATTICE

Cubic – Blend zinc in CAN (NaCl, zinc blend, Cu)

Tetragonal – White Sink of Ti and Ca ( white tin, SnO2,TiO2 CaSO4)
Orthorhombic – Bake the Good Rusk (Rhombic sulphur, KNO3 BaSO4)
Rombohadral – Bindu went Australia from Calcutta (Calcite, Cinnabar)
Hexagonal – Cds of Granny and Zenon (Graphite, ZnO, CdS)
Monoclinic – S and Na2SO4.10H2O
D Block Elements
Sc

Ti
V Scandium saw Titanic in Vettri
Chrompet Theatre with Manganese
Cr
Mn

Fe
FeCo
Co
Ni
NiCu
Cu
Zn ⟶ Zn